original description
Tournouër, R. (1877). Description d'une nouvelle espèce fossile de Melanopside, provenant des terrains tertiaires supérieurs de la province de Constantine. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 25: 275-276., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16223514
page(s): 275 [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality "Smendou" [Zighoud Youcef], Algeria [details]
Type locality Zighoud Youcef ("in loco 'Smendou'"), Constantine, Algeria; late Pannonian, late Miocene to early Pliocene [details]