original description
(of Melanopsis (Martinia) vindobonensis var. contigua 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): 29, pl. 6, figs 11, 12 [details]
basis of record
Papp, A. (1953). Die Molluskenfauna des Pannon des Wiener Beckens. <em>Mitteilungen der geologischen Gesellschaft in Wien.</em> 44: 85-222.
page(s): 137-138, pl. 11, figs 9, 10 [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Homonymy Homonym of the simultaneously published Melanopsis contiguus Handmann, 1887; according to Art. 24.1, the taxon of higher rank takes precedence, making the present taxon invalid. [details]