original description
Pallary, P. (1916). Observations relatives à la nomenclature des Melanopsis fossiles. <em>Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Afrique du Nord.</em> 7 (3), 70-87., available online at http://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/spa/Libro.php?Libro=1840
page(s): 86 [details]
additional source
Philippi, R. A. (1887). <i>Die Tertiären und Quartären Versteinerungen Chiles / Los fósiles Terciarios i Cuatarios de Chile</i>. iv + 266 pp. Lepizig: Brockhaus [German language edition]. / Santiago: Gobierno de Chile, 256 pp [Spanish language edition]. 58 pls [identical in both editions]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14943546
page(s): 40, pl. 1, fig. 20 [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomic remark Pallary (1916) introduced this replacement for the presumed secondary homonym Melanopsis obesa (Philippi, 1887), non Gassies, 1856. Despite a valid nomenclatural act, the name is hardly useful because Philippi’s species is certainly no Melanopsidae. [details]