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Melanopsis broti Neumayr, 1880 †
825446 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:825446)
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Neumayr, M. (1880). Über den geologischen Bau der Insel Kos und über die Gliederung der jungtertiären Binnenablagerungen des Archipels. Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe. 40 (1), 213-314., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33416883
page(s): 295, pl. 1, fig. 29 [details]
page(s): 295, pl. 1, fig. 29 [details]
Type locality contained in East Aegean Is.
, Note Between Pýli and Antimácheia ("zwischen...
type locality contained in East Aegean Is. [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Between Pýli and Antimácheia ("zwischen Pylle and Antimachia"), Kos, Greece; Pliocene [details]
Taxonomic remark Pallary (1925) and Wenz (1929) erroneously referred to it as homonym of "M. broti" Gassies, 1874 (actually introduced as...
Taxonomic remark Pallary (1925) and Wenz (1929) erroneously referred to it as homonym of "M. broti" Gassies, 1874 (actually introduced as "brotiana"). The replacement name Melanopsis cosiana Pallary is thus invalid and a junior objective synonym (see also Willmann 1981). [details]
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Neumayr, M. (1880). Über den geologischen Bau der Insel Kos und über die Gliederung der jungtertiären Binnenablagerungen des Archipels. Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe. 40 (1), 213-314., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33416883
page(s): 295, pl. 1, fig. 29 [details]
additional source Wenz, W. (1923-1930). Fossilium Catalogus I: Animalia. Gastropoda extramarina tertiaria. W. Junk, Berlin. Vol. I: 1-352 pp. (1923), Vol. II: 353-736 pp. (1923), Vol. III: 737-1068 pp. (1923), Vol. IV: 1069-1420 pp. (1923), Vol. V: 1421-1734 pp. (1923), Vol. VI: 1735-1862 pp. (1923), Vol. VII: 1863-2230 pp. (1926), Vol. VIII: 2231-2502 pp. (1928), Vol. IX: 2503-2886 pp. (1929), Vol. X: 2887-3014 pp. (1929), Vol. XI: 3015-3387 pp. (1930)., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/61839#/summary
page(s): 2697 [details]
status source Willmann, R. (1981). Evolution, Systematik und stratigraphische Bedeutung der neogenen Süßwassergastropoden von Rhodos und Kos/Ägäis. Palaeontographica. Abt. A, 174, 10-235.
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page(s): 295, pl. 1, fig. 29 [details]
additional source Wenz, W. (1923-1930). Fossilium Catalogus I: Animalia. Gastropoda extramarina tertiaria. W. Junk, Berlin. Vol. I: 1-352 pp. (1923), Vol. II: 353-736 pp. (1923), Vol. III: 737-1068 pp. (1923), Vol. IV: 1069-1420 pp. (1923), Vol. V: 1421-1734 pp. (1923), Vol. VI: 1735-1862 pp. (1923), Vol. VII: 1863-2230 pp. (1926), Vol. VIII: 2231-2502 pp. (1928), Vol. IX: 2503-2886 pp. (1929), Vol. X: 2887-3014 pp. (1929), Vol. XI: 3015-3387 pp. (1930)., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/61839#/summary
page(s): 2697 [details]
status source Willmann, R. (1981). Evolution, Systematik und stratigraphische Bedeutung der neogenen Süßwassergastropoden von Rhodos und Kos/Ägäis. Palaeontographica. Abt. A, 174, 10-235.
page(s): 176 [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Taxonomic remark Pallary (1925) and Wenz (1929) erroneously referred to it as homonym of "M. broti" Gassies, 1874 (actually introduced as "brotiana"). The replacement name Melanopsis cosiana Pallary is thus invalid and a junior objective synonym (see also Willmann 1981). [details]Type locality Between Pýli and Antimácheia ("zwischen Pylle and Antimachia"), Kos, Greece; Pliocene [details]
