original description
Hörnes, M. (1851-1856). Die fossilen Mollusken des Tertiär-Beckens von Wien. I. Univalven. <em>Abhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt.</em> 3: 1-736, pls 1-52 [pp. 1-42, pls 1-5 (1851); pp. 43-184, pls 6-15 (1852); pp. 185-296, pls 16-32 (1853); pp. 297-384, pls 33-40 (1854); pp. 385-460, pls 41-45 (1855); pp. 461-736, pls 46-52 (1856)].
page(s): 599-600, pl. 49, figs 13a-c [details]
original description
(of Melanopsis pygmaea f. subaudebardi Soós, 1955 †) Bartha, F. (1955). A várpalotai pliocén puhatestü fauna biosztratigrafiai vizsgálata. Magyar Földtani Intézet Èvkönyve. 43 (2), 275-359.
page(s): 297-298, pl. 2, fig. 5 [details]
original description
(of Melanopsis obesa Brusina, 1902 †) Brusina, S. (1902). Iconographia Molluscorum Fossilium in tellure tertiaria Hungariae, Croatiae, Slavoniae, Dalmatiae, Bosniae, Herzegovinae, Serbiae and Bulgariae inventorum. Officina Soc. Typographicae, Agram.
page(s): vii, pl. 5, figs 39-41 [details]
original description
(of Melanopsis (Homalia) bucciniformis Handmann, 1887 †) Handmann, R. (1887). Die fossile Conchylienfauna von Leobersdorf im Tertiärbecken von Wien. Aschendorff, Münster, 47 pp., available online at http://sammlungen.ulb.uni-muenster.de/hd/content/pageview/2023144
page(s): 14, pl. 1, figs 8-9 [details]
original description
(of Melanopsis pygmaea var. obesa Brusina, 1902 †) Brusina, S. (1902). Iconographia Molluscorum Fossilium in tellure tertiaria Hungariae, Croatiae, Slavoniae, Dalmatiae, Bosniae, Herzegovinae, Serbiae and Bulgariae inventorum. Officina Soc. Typographicae, Agram.
page(s): vii, pl. 5, figs 39-41 [details]
original description
(of Melanopsis pygmaea var. inflata Handmann, 1882 †) Handmann, R. (1882). Die fossile Molluskenfauna von Kottingbrunn. Jahrbuch der k.k. Geologischen Reichsanstalt. 32, 543-564., available online at http://opac.geologie.ac.at/wwwopacx/wwwopac.ashx?command=getcontent&server=images&value=JB0324_543_A.pdf
page(s): 553 [details]
basis of record
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): 2811 [details]
additional source
Handmann, R. (1887). Die fossile Conchylienfauna von Leobersdorf im Tertiärbecken von Wien. Aschendorff, Münster, 47 pp., available online at http://sammlungen.ulb.uni-muenster.de/hd/content/pageview/2023144
page(s): 14 [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Brunn am Gebirge, Gumpoldskirchen and Guntramsdorf, Lower Austria, and Vienna (Arsenal and Inzersdorf), Austria, and Fertőrákos ("Kroisbach bei Oedenburg"), Győr-Moson-Sopron, Hungary; Pannonian (zone B-D), late Miocene [details]