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Melanopsis major "A. Férussac, 1823" †
822652 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:822652)
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Status This name has appeared several times in the literature (e.g., Bronn 1848: 717; Wenz 1929: 2773), but it is based on an error....
Status This name has appeared several times in the literature (e.g., Bronn 1848: 717; Wenz 1929: 2773), but it is based on an error. Férussac (1823: 154) actually described Melanopsis dufourii var. ε and listed "Fossilis, major. Férussac" in synonymy referring to plate 1 of the "Mélanopsides fossiles" of his "Histoire naturelle" (Férussac 1819–1851). However, in the captions of plate 1, it is given as "Melanops. Dufourii, var. ε). Fossilis, maxima". Obviously neither "major" nor "maxima" were intended as species-group names by Férussac but rather as descriptive terms. Later, the name major would have been a junior homonym of M. buccinoidea major Grateloup, 1838. [details]
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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): 2773 [details]
status source Neubauer, T.A. (2016). A nomenclator of extant and fossil taxa of the Melanopsidae (Gastropoda, Cerithioidea). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 602: 1-358., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.602.8136
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page(s): 2773 [details]
status source Neubauer, T.A. (2016). A nomenclator of extant and fossil taxa of the Melanopsidae (Gastropoda, Cerithioidea). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 602: 1-358., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.602.8136
page(s): 178 [details] Available for editors
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Status This name has appeared several times in the literature (e.g., Bronn 1848: 717; Wenz 1929: 2773), but it is based on an error. Férussac (1823: 154) actually described Melanopsis dufourii var. ε and listed "Fossilis, major. Férussac" in synonymy referring to plate 1 of the "Mélanopsides fossiles" of his "Histoire naturelle" (Férussac 1819–1851). However, in the captions of plate 1, it is given as "Melanops. Dufourii, var. ε). Fossilis, maxima". Obviously neither "major" nor "maxima" were intended as species-group names by Férussac but rather as descriptive terms. Later, the name major would have been a junior homonym of M. buccinoidea major Grateloup, 1838. [details]Validity This name has appeared several times in the literature (e.g., Bronn 1848: 717; Wenz 1929: 2773), but it is based on an error. Férussac (1823: 154) actually described Melanopsis dufourii var. ε and listed "Fossilis, major. Férussac" in synonymy referring to plate 1 of the "Mélanopsides fossiles" of his "Histoire naturelle" (Férussac 1819-1851). However, in the captions of plate 1, it is given as "Melanops. Dufourii, var. ε). Fossilis, maxima". Obviously neither major nor maxima was intended as species-group name by Férussac. Later, the name would have been a junior homonym of M. buccinoidea major Grateloup, 1838. [details]
