Marine Species Traits - Melanopsis contigua Handmann, 1887 †

Traits taxon details

Melanopsis contigua Handmann, 1887 †

AphiaID

824335 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:824335)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Melanopsis A. Férussac, 1807

Orig. name

Melanopsis (Canthidomus) contiguus Handmann, 1887 †

Synonymised names

Melanopsis (Canthidomus) contiguus Handmann, 1887 † · unaccepted (Canthidomus is considered a...)

Canthidomus is considered a junior synonym of Melanopsis; wrong gender

Environment

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

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

(of Melanopsis (Canthidomus) contiguus Handmann, 1887 †) Handmann, R. (1887). Die fossile Conchylienfauna von Leobersdorf im Tertiärbecken von Wien. Aschendorff, Münster, 47 pp., available online at http://sammlungen.ulb.uni-muenster.de/hd/content/pageview/2023144
page(s): 37, pl. 8, fig. 16 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Melanopsis contigua Handmann, 1887 †. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2024) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=824335 on 2024-05-02

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2024). Marine Species Traits. Melanopsis contigua Handmann, 1887 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=824335 on 2024-05-02

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2014-11-13 10:14:27Z

created

Neubauer, Thomas A.

2017-12-20 10:08:41Z

changed

Neubauer, Thomas A.

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Sources (3)

original description (of Melanopsis (Canthidomus) contiguus Handmann, 1887 †) Handmann, R. (1887). Die fossile Conchylienfauna von Leobersdorf im Tertiärbecken von Wien. Aschendorff, Münster, 47 pp., available online at http://sammlungen.ulb.uni-muenster.de/hd/content/pageview/2023144
page(s): 37, pl. 8, fig. 16 [details]

basis of record Lueger, J.P. (1980). Die Molluskenfauna aus dem Pannon (Obermiozän) des Fölligberges (Eisenstädter Bucht) im Burgenland (Österreich). <em>Mitteilungen der österreichischen geologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 73, 95-134. [details] Available for editors

additional source 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): 2675 [details]