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Melanopsis minotauri Willmann, 1980 †
823290 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:823290)
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Willmann, R. (1980). Die neogenen Süßwassergastropoden von Chersonisos (Kreta). <em>Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen.</em> 159 (2), 273-295.
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Type locality contained in Kriti
, Note Clay pit near Agia Anna chapel, c. 1 km west...
type locality contained in Kriti [details]
Type locality Clay pit near Agia Anna chapel, c. 1 km west of Chersonisos ("Tongrube [bei der Kapelle Aghia Anna] 1 km westlich von Limin Chersonisou/Kreta"), Heraklion, Greece; Viannos Formation, early Tortonian, late Miocene [details]
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Willmann, R. (1980). Die neogenen Süßwassergastropoden von Chersonisos (Kreta). <em>Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen.</em> 159 (2), 273-295.
page(s): 285-287, textfig. 11A-C [details] Available for editors
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additional source Bandel, K. (2000). Speciation among the Melanopsidae (Caenogastropoda). Special emphasis to the Melanopsidae of the Pannonian Lake at Pontian time (Late Miocene) and the Pleistocene and Recent of Jordan. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Geologisch-Paläontologischen Institut der Universität Hamburg.</em> 84: 131-208.
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page(s): 285-287, textfig. 11A-C [details] Available for editors

additional source Bandel, K. (2000). Speciation among the Melanopsidae (Caenogastropoda). Special emphasis to the Melanopsidae of the Pannonian Lake at Pontian time (Late Miocene) and the Pleistocene and Recent of Jordan. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Geologisch-Paläontologischen Institut der Universität Hamburg.</em> 84: 131-208.
page(s): 164 [details] Available for editors





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Type locality Clay pit near Agia Anna chapel, c. 1 km west of Chersonisos ("Tongrube [bei der Kapelle Aghia Anna] 1 km westlich von Limin Chersonisou/Kreta"), Heraklion, Greece; Viannos Formation, early Tortonian, late Miocene [details]