Melanopsis subulata Sowerby, 1822

Neubauer, Thomas A., 2016, A nomenclator of extant and fossil taxa of the Melanopsidae (Gastropoda, Cerithioidea), ZooKeys 602, pp. 1-358 : 273-274

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.602.8136

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:65EFA276-7345-4AC6-9B78-DBE7E98D6103

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C191B99A-EF5F-395A-3D9A-3B0DA7A28172

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scientific name

Melanopsis subulata Sowerby, 1822
status

 

Melanopsis subulata Sowerby, 1822

Original source.

Sowerby 1821-1823: 36, pl. 332, fig. 8.

Type horizon.

Eocene?

Type locality.

"Isle of Wight", United Kingdom.

Remarks.

Originally the gender was indicated as masculine (" subulatus "), but Melanopsis is feminine, which is why the name must be " subulata ".