original description
Pallary, P. (1920). Deuxième note sur la nomenclature des Melanopsis fossiles. <em>Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Afrique du Nord.</em> 11 (7), 104-119., available online at http://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/spa/Libro.php?Libro=1844
page(s): 110 [details]
additional source
Cerulli-Irelli, S. (1914). Fauna malacologica mariana. Parte settima. Melaniidae, Littorinidae, Fossaridae, Solariidae, Rissoidae, Capulidae, Calyptraeidae, Xenophoridae, Lamellariidae, Naticidae, Scalidae, Aclisidae, Eulimidae, Pyramidellidae. <em>Palaeontographica Italica.</em> 20: 183-277., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33357292
page(s): 185, pl. 15 (47), figs 8-9 [details]
source of synonymy
Esu, D., Girotti, O. (1975). La malacofauna continentale del Plio-Pleistocene dell'Italia centrale. I. Paleontologia. Geologica Romana. 13, 203-294.
page(s): 252 [details] Available for editors [request]
source of synonymy
Girotti, O. (1972). Correlabilità, mediante molluschi d'acqua dolce del Calabriano di Monte Mario (Roma) del Villafranchiano superiore. <em>Geologica Romana.</em> 11: 229-235., available online at http://www.dst.uniroma1.it/geologicaromana/Volumi/VOL%2011/GR_11_229_235_Girotti.pdf
page(s): 232 [details]
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature Replacement name for M. transiens Cerulli-Irelli, 1914 non Blanckenhorn, 1897. [details]
Synonymy Esu & Girotti (1975) synonymized Cerulli-Irelli's taxon (without mentioning Pallary's replacement name) with "Melanopsis (Melanopsis) affinis Férussac, 1823", which is not available name. The earliest available taxon of their synonymy list is Melanopsis nodosa A. Férussac, 1822. [details]