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Melanopsis orophila Pallary, 1920 †
1420094 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1420094)
accepted
Species
fossil only
Pallary, P. (1920). Deuxième note sur la nomenclature des Melanopsis fossiles. <em>Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Afrique du Nord.</em> 11 (7), 104-119., available online at http://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/spa/Libro.php?Libro=1844
page(s): 117 [details]
page(s): 117 [details]
Type locality contained in Italy
type locality contained in Italy [details]
Fossil range Age uncertain, may range from Miocene to Pleistocene
Taxonomic remark New name for M. praemorsa sensu Cerulli-Irelli, 1914.
Fossil range Age uncertain, may range from Miocene to Pleistocene [details]
Taxonomic remark New name for M. praemorsa sensu Cerulli-Irelli, 1914.
Taxonomic remark New name for M. praemorsa sensu Cerulli-Irelli, 1914. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Melanopsis orophila Pallary, 1920 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1420094 on 2025-09-11
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Pallary, P. (1920). Deuxième note sur la nomenclature des Melanopsis fossiles. <em>Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Afrique du Nord.</em> 11 (7), 104-119., available online at http://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/spa/Libro.php?Libro=1844
page(s): 117 [details]
additional source Cerulli-Irelli, S. (1914). Fauna malacologica mariana. Parte settima. Melaniidae, Littorinidae, Fossaridae, Solariidae, Rissoidae, Capulidae, Calyptraeidae, Xenophoridae, Lamellariidae, Naticidae, Scalidae, Aclisidae, Eulimidae, Pyramidellidae. <em>Palaeontographica Italica.</em> 20: 183-277., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33357292
page(s): 183, pl. 15 (47), fig. 1 [details]
page(s): 117 [details]
additional source Cerulli-Irelli, S. (1914). Fauna malacologica mariana. Parte settima. Melaniidae, Littorinidae, Fossaridae, Solariidae, Rissoidae, Capulidae, Calyptraeidae, Xenophoridae, Lamellariidae, Naticidae, Scalidae, Aclisidae, Eulimidae, Pyramidellidae. <em>Palaeontographica Italica.</em> 20: 183-277., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33357292
page(s): 183, pl. 15 (47), fig. 1 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
