original description
Doncieux, L. (1908). Catalogue descriptif des fossiles nummulitiques de l'Aude et de l'Hérault. Deuxième partie (Fascicule I) Corbières septentrionales. <em>Annales de l'Université de Lyon, nouvelle série I. Sciences, Médecine.</em> 22: vii + 1–288, 13 pls.
page(s): 205, pl. 11, figs 13a-b [details]
status source
Wenz, W. (1928). Zur Nomenklatur tertiärer Land- und Süßwassergastropoden. VIII. Senckenbergiana. 10, 119-120.
page(s): 119 [details]
From editor or global species database
Homonymy Pallary (1916) introduced Melanopsis abbreviata as replacement name for M. brevis Doncieux, 1908, non Sowerby, 1826. It is, however, itself a junior homonym of M. abbreviata Brusina, 1874. Unaware of that, Wenz (1919) proposed M. doncieuxi as replacement name for M. brevis Doncieux, 1908. That name is likewise a junior homonym of M. brevis Pallary, 1916. Finally, Wenz (1928) proposed M. atacica as replacement name of M. brevis Doncieux, 1908, with the homonyms M. abbreviata Pallary, 1916 and M. doncieuxi Wenz, 1919 as objective synonyms. [details]
Type locality Albas ("au Nord d'Albas"), Aude, France; early Ypresian, early Eocene [details]