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Melanopsis dufourii
Taxonomy
Melanopsis dufourii was named by Férussac (1822) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Miocene; Europe.]. It is not a trace fossil.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. acanthicoides, M. acanthicus, M. acuminata, M. affinis, M. ancillaroides, M. anita, M. antediluviana, M. antidiluviana, M. avellana, M. bonelli, M. brevis, M. briarti, M. buccinoidea, M. buccinulum, M. carinata, M. cariosa, M. crastina, M. fossilis, M. fusiformis, M. glandicula, M. hassiaca, M. impresa, M. kleini, M. lactacoa, M. laevigata, M. minuta, M. muricata, M. narsolina, M. pterochilia, M. requenensis, M. sporadum, M. stricturata, M. subfusiformis, M. trojana, M. vidali, M. pourcyensis
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1822 | Melanopsis dufourii Férussac figs. pl. 3, fig. 16 |
| 2001 | Melanopsis dufourii Lozouet et al. p. 22 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Melanopsis dufourii Férussac 1822
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, c = class | |||||
| References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||
Age range: Aquitanian or 23.04000 to 20.45000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Aquitanian | France | Melanopsis dufourii (74861) |