MolluscaBase - Melanopsis subaffinis Pallary, 1916 †

MolluscaBase name details

Melanopsis subaffinis Pallary, 1916 †

AphiaID

1420567 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1420567)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior objective synonym

Accepted name

Melanopsis affinis Handmann, 1882 † accepted as Melanopsis bouei bouei A. Férussac, 1823 †

Rank

Species

Parent

Melanopsis A. Férussac, 1807

Original name

Melanopsis subaffinis Pallary, 1916 †

Environment

~~marine~~, brackish, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

fossil only

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): 82 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Melanopsis subaffinis Pallary, 1916 †. Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1420567 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2020-02-17 09:15:07Z

created

Neubauer, Thomas A.

2022-11-21 12:29:08Z

changed

Neubauer, Thomas A.

Licensing

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Sources (1)
Notes (1)

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): 82 [details]

From editor or global species database

Validity Introduced as replacement name for the "junior homonym" Melanopsis affinis Handmann, 1882, non Férussac, 1823. Latter name is, however, unavailable, which makes M. subaffinis an objective synonym of M. affinis Handmann. [details]