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): 111 [details]
additional source
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
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): 2654 [details]
From editor or global species database
Synonymy Esu & Girotti (1975) synonymized De Stefani's record (without mentioning Pallary's 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]
Taxonomic remark Introduced for M. nodosa sensu De Stefani, 1880, non Férussac, 1823. [details]