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Melanopsis bouei A. Férussac, 1823 †
821837 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:821837)
accepted
Species
Euthria rhomba var. palatina Strausz, 1954 † · unaccepted > superseded rank
Melanopsis (Canthidomus) bouei A. Férussac, 1823 † · alternative representation
Melanopsis (Canthidomus) plicatulus Handmann, 1887 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melanopsis bouei var. decorata Pallary, 1916 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melanopsis bouei var. gracilis Brusina, 1874 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melanopsis kacici Brusina, 1902 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melanopsis nodosa Handmann, 1882 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melanopsis similis Pallary, 1916 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melanopsis venusta Pallary, 1916 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Subspecies Melanopsis bouei bouei A. Férussac, 1823 †
- Subspecies Melanopsis bouei megacantha Handmann, 1887 †
- Subspecies Melanopsis bouei multicostata Handmann, 1882 †
- Subspecies Melanopsis bouei rarispina Lörenthey, 1902 †
- Subspecies Melanopsis bouei spinosa Handmann, 1882 †
- Subspecies Melanopsis bouei sturii T. Fuchs, 1873 †
- Subspecies Melanopsis bouei trispina Pashko, 1968 †
- Subspecies Melanopsis bouei affinis Handmann, 1882 † accepted as Melanopsis bouei bouei A. Férussac, 1823 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subspecies Melanopsis bouei sturi [sic] † accepted as Melanopsis bouei sturii T. Fuchs, 1873 † (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Variety Melanopsis bouei var. decorata Pallary, 1916 † accepted as Melanopsis bouei A. Férussac, 1823 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Melanopsis bouei var. gracilis Brusina, 1874 † accepted as Melanopsis bouei A. Férussac, 1823 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Melanopsis bouei var. monacantha Handmann, 1882 † accepted as Melanopsis bouei bouei A. Férussac, 1823 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Melanopsis bouei var. ventricosa Handmann, 1882 † accepted as Melanopsis bouei bouei A. Férussac, 1823 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
fossil only
Férussac, A. E. J. P. F. d'Audebard de. (1823). Monographie des espèces vivantes et fossiles du genre Mélanopside, Melanopsis, et observations géologiques à leur sujet. <em>Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris, Série 2.</em> 1(1): 132-164, pl. 7-8. Paris., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3555191
page(s): 159, pl. 8, figs 9-10 [details]
page(s): 159, pl. 8, figs 9-10 [details]
Note "Près de Bisentz, dans la vallée de la...
Type locality "Près de Bisentz, dans la vallée de la Marsch, en Moravie; [...] près de Scharditz" [near Bzenec, in the valley of the March river, in Moravia; near Šardice], Czech Republic [details]
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original description
Férussac, A. E. J. P. F. d'Audebard de. (1823). Monographie des espèces vivantes et fossiles du genre Mélanopside, Melanopsis, et observations géologiques à leur sujet. <em>Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris, Série 2.</em> 1(1): 132-164, pl. 7-8. Paris., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3555191
page(s): 159, pl. 8, figs 9-10 [details]
original description (of Melanopsis bouei var. gracilis Brusina, 1874 †) Brusina, S. (1874). Fossile Binnen-Mollusken aus Dalmatien, Kroatien und Slavonien nebst einem Anhange. Actienbuchdruckerei, Agram. , available online at https://archive.org/details/fossilebinnenmo00brusgoog
page(s): 47 [details]
original description (of Melanopsis kacici Brusina, 1902 †) Brusina, S. (1902). Iconographia Molluscorum Fossilium in tellure tertiaria Hungariae, Croatiae, Slavoniae, Dalmatiae, Bosniae, Herzegovinae, Serbiae and Bulgariae inventorum. Officina Soc. Typographicae, Agram.
page(s): vii, pl. 6, figs 56-57 [details]
original description (of Melanopsis similis Pallary, 1916 †) Pallary, P. (1916). Observations relatives à la nomenclature des Melanopsis fossiles. <em>Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Afrique du Nord.</em> 7 (3), 70-87., available online at http://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/spa/Libro.php?Libro=1840
page(s): 84 [details]
original description (of Melanopsis (Canthidomus) plicatulus Handmann, 1887 †) Handmann, R. (1887). Die fossile Conchylienfauna von Leobersdorf im Tertiärbecken von Wien. Aschendorff, Münster, 47 pp., available online at http://sammlungen.ulb.uni-muenster.de/hd/content/pageview/2023144
page(s): 30, pl. 7, figs 1-3 [details]
original description (of Melanopsis bouei var. decorata Pallary, 1916 †) Pallary, P. (1916). Observations relatives à la nomenclature des Melanopsis fossiles. <em>Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Afrique du Nord.</em> 7 (3), 70-87., available online at http://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/spa/Libro.php?Libro=1840
page(s): 85 [details]
original description (of Melanopsis nodosa Handmann, 1882 †) Handmann, R. (1882). Die fossile Molluskenfauna von Kottingbrunn. Jahrbuch der k.k. Geologischen Reichsanstalt. 32, 543-564., available online at http://opac.geologie.ac.at/wwwopacx/wwwopac.ashx?command=getcontent&server=images&value=JB0324_543_A.pdf
page(s): 556 [details]
original description (of Melanopsis venusta Pallary, 1916 †) Pallary, P. (1916). Observations relatives à la nomenclature des Melanopsis fossiles. <em>Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Afrique du Nord.</em> 7 (3), 70-87., available online at http://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/spa/Libro.php?Libro=1840
page(s): 80 [details]
original description (of Euthria rhomba var. palatina Strausz, 1954 †) Strausz, L. (1954). Várpalotai felső-mediterrán csigák. Les gastropodes du Méditerranéen supérieur (Tortonien) de Várpalota. <em>Geologica Hungarica, Series Palaeontologica.</em> 25: 1-130., available online at https://epa.oszk.hu/02900/02989/00022/pdf/
page(s): 30, pl. 4/93 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 159, pl. 8, figs 9-10 [details]
original description (of Melanopsis bouei var. gracilis Brusina, 1874 †) Brusina, S. (1874). Fossile Binnen-Mollusken aus Dalmatien, Kroatien und Slavonien nebst einem Anhange. Actienbuchdruckerei, Agram. , available online at https://archive.org/details/fossilebinnenmo00brusgoog
page(s): 47 [details]
original description (of Melanopsis kacici Brusina, 1902 †) Brusina, S. (1902). Iconographia Molluscorum Fossilium in tellure tertiaria Hungariae, Croatiae, Slavoniae, Dalmatiae, Bosniae, Herzegovinae, Serbiae and Bulgariae inventorum. Officina Soc. Typographicae, Agram.
page(s): vii, pl. 6, figs 56-57 [details]
original description (of Melanopsis similis Pallary, 1916 †) Pallary, P. (1916). Observations relatives à la nomenclature des Melanopsis fossiles. <em>Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Afrique du Nord.</em> 7 (3), 70-87., available online at http://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/spa/Libro.php?Libro=1840
page(s): 84 [details]
original description (of Melanopsis (Canthidomus) plicatulus Handmann, 1887 †) Handmann, R. (1887). Die fossile Conchylienfauna von Leobersdorf im Tertiärbecken von Wien. Aschendorff, Münster, 47 pp., available online at http://sammlungen.ulb.uni-muenster.de/hd/content/pageview/2023144
page(s): 30, pl. 7, figs 1-3 [details]
original description (of Melanopsis bouei var. decorata Pallary, 1916 †) Pallary, P. (1916). Observations relatives à la nomenclature des Melanopsis fossiles. <em>Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Afrique du Nord.</em> 7 (3), 70-87., available online at http://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/spa/Libro.php?Libro=1840
page(s): 85 [details]
original description (of Melanopsis nodosa Handmann, 1882 †) Handmann, R. (1882). Die fossile Molluskenfauna von Kottingbrunn. Jahrbuch der k.k. Geologischen Reichsanstalt. 32, 543-564., available online at http://opac.geologie.ac.at/wwwopacx/wwwopac.ashx?command=getcontent&server=images&value=JB0324_543_A.pdf
page(s): 556 [details]
original description (of Melanopsis venusta Pallary, 1916 †) Pallary, P. (1916). Observations relatives à la nomenclature des Melanopsis fossiles. <em>Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Afrique du Nord.</em> 7 (3), 70-87., available online at http://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/spa/Libro.php?Libro=1840
page(s): 80 [details]
original description (of Euthria rhomba var. palatina Strausz, 1954 †) Strausz, L. (1954). Várpalotai felső-mediterrán csigák. Les gastropodes du Méditerranéen supérieur (Tortonien) de Várpalota. <em>Geologica Hungarica, Series Palaeontologica.</em> 25: 1-130., available online at https://epa.oszk.hu/02900/02989/00022/pdf/
page(s): 30, pl. 4/93 [details] Available for editors





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Type locality "Près de Bisentz, dans la vallée de la Marsch, en Moravie; [...] près de Scharditz" [near Bzenec, in the valley of the March river, in Moravia; near Šardice], Czech Republic [details]