FreshGEN name details
Handmannia Cossmann, 1889 †
1035564 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1035564)
unaccepted > junior objective synonym (unnecessary replacement name)
Genus
Melanopsis pygmaea M. Hörnes, 1856 † (type by original designation)
fossil only
feminine
Cossmann, M. (1889). Gastéropodes. In: Douvillé, H. (Ed.) Revue de paléontologie pour l'année 1888. <em>Annuaire Géologique Universel.</em> 5: 1079–1109., available online at https://archive.org/stream/annuairegologiq09unkngoog#page/n1095/mode/2up
page(s): 1101 [details]
page(s): 1101 [details]
Nomenclature Established as a substitute name for Homalia Handmann, 1887, which Cossmann (1899), despite being aware of the difference,...
Nomenclature Established as a substitute name for Homalia Handmann, 1887, which Cossmann (1899), despite being aware of the difference, treated as a junior homonym of “Homala Schumacher” (actually Omala Schumacher, 1817, unjustified emendation to “Homala” by Agassiz 1847). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Handmannia Cossmann, 1889 †. Accessed through: Neubauer, T.A.; Harzhauser, M.; Kroh, A.; Georgopoulou, E.; Mandic, O. (2014) Freshwater Gastropods of the European Neogene database (FreshGEN) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/freshgen/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1035564 on 2025-04-30
Neubauer, T.A.; Harzhauser, M.; Kroh, A.; Georgopoulou, E.; Mandic, O. (2014). Freshwater Gastropods of the European Neogene database (FreshGEN). Handmannia Cossmann, 1889 †. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/freshgen/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1035564 on 2025-04-30
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original description
Cossmann, M. (1889). Gastéropodes. In: Douvillé, H. (Ed.) Revue de paléontologie pour l'année 1888. <em>Annuaire Géologique Universel.</em> 5: 1079–1109., available online at https://archive.org/stream/annuairegologiq09unkngoog#page/n1095/mode/2up
page(s): 1101 [details]
page(s): 1101 [details]
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature Established as a substitute name for Homalia Handmann, 1887, which Cossmann (1899), despite being aware of the difference, treated as a junior homonym of “Homala Schumacher” (actually Omala Schumacher, 1817, unjustified emendation to “Homala” by Agassiz 1847). [details]
