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Ptychicula ajkaensis (Tausch, 1886) †
1861770 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1861770)
accepted
Species
Melanopsis ajkaensis Tausch, 1886 † · unaccepted > superseded combination
Melanopsis baconica Oppenheim, 1892 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Ptychicula specialis Tausch, 1886 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
fossil only
(of Melanopsis ajkaensis Tausch, 1886 †) Tausch, L. (1886). Ueber die Fauna der nicht marinen Ablagerungen der oberen Kreide des Csingerthales bei Ajka im Bakony (Veszprimer Comitat, Ungarn) und über einige Conchylien der Gosaumergel von Aigen bei Salzburg. <em>Abhandlungen der k.-k. geologischen Reichsanstalt.</em> 12(1): 1-32, 3 pls., available online at http://www.zobodat.at/pdf/AbhGeolBA_12_0001-0032.pdf
page(s): 9, pl. 1, figs 35a-c [details]
page(s): 9, pl. 1, figs 35a-c [details]
Type locality contained in Hungary
type locality contained in Hungary [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Ptychicula ajkaensis (Tausch, 1886) †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1861770 on 2026-04-07
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original description
(of Ptychicula specialis Tausch, 1886 †) Tausch, L. (1886). Ueber die Fauna der nicht marinen Ablagerungen der oberen Kreide des Csingerthales bei Ajka im Bakony (Veszprimer Comitat, Ungarn) und über einige Conchylien der Gosaumergel von Aigen bei Salzburg. <em>Abhandlungen der k.-k. geologischen Reichsanstalt.</em> 12(1): 1-32, 3 pls., available online at http://www.zobodat.at/pdf/AbhGeolBA_12_0001-0032.pdf
page(s): 22, pl. 3, figs 28a-c [details]
original description (of Melanopsis ajkaensis Tausch, 1886 †) Tausch, L. (1886). Ueber die Fauna der nicht marinen Ablagerungen der oberen Kreide des Csingerthales bei Ajka im Bakony (Veszprimer Comitat, Ungarn) und über einige Conchylien der Gosaumergel von Aigen bei Salzburg. <em>Abhandlungen der k.-k. geologischen Reichsanstalt.</em> 12(1): 1-32, 3 pls., available online at http://www.zobodat.at/pdf/AbhGeolBA_12_0001-0032.pdf
page(s): 9, pl. 1, figs 35a-c [details]
original description (of Melanopsis baconica Oppenheim, 1892 †) Oppenheim P. (1892). Ueber einige Brackwasser- und Binnen-mollusken aus der Kreide und dem Eocän Ungarns. <em>Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 44: 697-818, pls 31-36., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43534481
page(s): 770, pl. 34, figs 10-10b [details]
new combination reference Páll-Gergely, B., Maslo, M., Giritzer, D. P. H., Pfaff, C., Koczó, L. & Szabó, M. (2025). Cretaceous (Santonian) terrestrial molluscs described by Tausch (1886) from Ajka, Hungary, and Aigen, Austria. <em>Animal Taxonomy and Ecology.</em> 71(4): 759–800. [December 16]., available online at https://akjournals.com/view/journals/1777/71/4/article-p759.xml
page(s): 762, Fig. 1 [details] Available for editors
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subsequent type designation Páll-Gergely, B., Maslo, M., Giritzer, D. P. H., Pfaff, C., Koczó, L. & Szabó, M. (2025). Cretaceous (Santonian) terrestrial molluscs described by Tausch (1886) from Ajka, Hungary, and Aigen, Austria. <em>Animal Taxonomy and Ecology.</em> 71(4): 759–800. [December 16]., available online at https://akjournals.com/view/journals/1777/71/4/article-p759.xml
page(s): 762; note: lectotype designation [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 22, pl. 3, figs 28a-c [details]
original description (of Melanopsis ajkaensis Tausch, 1886 †) Tausch, L. (1886). Ueber die Fauna der nicht marinen Ablagerungen der oberen Kreide des Csingerthales bei Ajka im Bakony (Veszprimer Comitat, Ungarn) und über einige Conchylien der Gosaumergel von Aigen bei Salzburg. <em>Abhandlungen der k.-k. geologischen Reichsanstalt.</em> 12(1): 1-32, 3 pls., available online at http://www.zobodat.at/pdf/AbhGeolBA_12_0001-0032.pdf
page(s): 9, pl. 1, figs 35a-c [details]
original description (of Melanopsis baconica Oppenheim, 1892 †) Oppenheim P. (1892). Ueber einige Brackwasser- und Binnen-mollusken aus der Kreide und dem Eocän Ungarns. <em>Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 44: 697-818, pls 31-36., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43534481
page(s): 770, pl. 34, figs 10-10b [details]
new combination reference Páll-Gergely, B., Maslo, M., Giritzer, D. P. H., Pfaff, C., Koczó, L. & Szabó, M. (2025). Cretaceous (Santonian) terrestrial molluscs described by Tausch (1886) from Ajka, Hungary, and Aigen, Austria. <em>Animal Taxonomy and Ecology.</em> 71(4): 759–800. [December 16]., available online at https://akjournals.com/view/journals/1777/71/4/article-p759.xml
page(s): 762, Fig. 1 [details] Available for editors
[request]subsequent type designation Páll-Gergely, B., Maslo, M., Giritzer, D. P. H., Pfaff, C., Koczó, L. & Szabó, M. (2025). Cretaceous (Santonian) terrestrial molluscs described by Tausch (1886) from Ajka, Hungary, and Aigen, Austria. <em>Animal Taxonomy and Ecology.</em> 71(4): 759–800. [December 16]., available online at https://akjournals.com/view/journals/1777/71/4/article-p759.xml
page(s): 762; note: lectotype designation [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
