MELANOPSIDAE H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854

Coan, Eugene V., Pacaud, Jean-Michel & Kabat, Alan R., 2024, Gérard-Paul Deshayes (1796 - 1875) and his taxa, Geodiversitas 46 (16), pp. 553-930 : 600-601

Family MELANOPSIDAE H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854

ancillaroides , Melanopsis – Deshayes, 1825-DescrCoqFoss: 121-122, 8, pl.15, figs 1-2;1826-DictClass10: 324;1832-EncyMeth: 434;1838-HistNatAnim2: 497;1843-HistNatAnim3: 446;1862-DescrCoqFoss: 469.— Type locality: Near Meaux.— Type age:Eocene (Ypresian).— Current status: Melanopsis ancillaroides Deshayes, 1825 ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 103; Dominici & Kowalke 2014: 148, pl. 2, fig. 6).

audebardi, Melanopsis – Deshayes,1851-HistNatTerrFluv: 22, Foss. pl. 4, fig. 6. Incorrect subsequent spelling of Melanopsis daudebartii Prévost, 1821 .

longa , Melanopsis nodosa –Deshayes, 1839-HistNatTerrFluv: altered caption to Férussac’s Mélanopsides fossiles, pl. 2, which became Fossiles pl. 4;1851-HistNatTerrFluv: 22, Foss. pl. 4, fig. 8. — Type locality: Athens, Greece. — Type age: Eocene (Ypresian). Late Miocene ( Neubauer 2016: 20, 21, 171). — Current status: Melanopsis longa Deshayes, 1839 ( Wenz 1929: 2772).

obtusa , Melanopsis – Deshayes, 1825-DescrCoqFoss: 123-124, 7, pl. 14, figs 22-23; 1832-EncyMeth: 435. 1838-HistNatAnim2: 497-498; 1843-HistNatAnim3: 447; 1862-DescrCoqFoss: 468, as Melanopsis (Leptoxis) . — Type locality: Retheuil. — Type age: Eocene (Ypresian). — Current status: Coptostylus obtusus (Deshayes, 1825) ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 102; Pacaud et al. 2021: 11, fig. 5).

ovularis , Melanopsis – Deshayes in Watelet , 1853: 23, pl. 2, figs 18- 19 ; 1862-DescrCoqFoss: 470-471, 31, pl. 31, figs 16-17. — Type locality: Mercin-et-Vaux. — Type age: Eocene (Ypresian). — Type material: MNHN.F.A71819, syntype. — Current status: Melanopsis ovularis Deshayes in Watelet, 1853 ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 103) .

parkinsoni , Melanopsis – Deshayes, 1825-DescrCoqFoss: 123, 11, pl. 17, figs 3-4; 1832-EncyMeth: 434-435; 1838-HistNatAnim2: 497; 1843-HistNatAnim3: 446-447; 1862-DescrCoqFoss: 468, as Melanopsis (Leptoxis) . — Type locality: Cuise-la-Motte. — Type age: Eocene (Ypresian). — Type material: UCBL-EM 32159, syntypes. — Type species (SD Wenz, 1929) of Coptostylus Sandberger, 1870 . — Current status: synonym of Coptostylus albidus (Lamarck, 1804) [ Bulimus ] ( Wenz 1929: 2566).

proboscidea , Melanopsis – Deshayes, 1862-DescrCoqFoss: 471, 31, pl. 31, figs 18-24, as “ proboscideusi ”. — Type locality: Chéry-Chartreuve. — Type age: Eocene (Bartonian). — Type material: UCBL-EM 32506 and 32507, syntypes. — Type species (SD Cossmann, 1909) of Macrospira Sandberger, 1872 , non Guilding, in Swainson, 1840. Stilospirula Rovereto, 1899 , replacement name. — Current status: Stilospirula proboscidea (Deshayes, 1862) ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 102; Pacaud 2019: 114).

sodalis , Melanopsis – Deshayes, 1862-DescrCoqFoss: 470, 31, pl. 31, figs 14-15. — Type locality: Châlons-sur-Vesle, Gueux, Jonchery-sur-Vesle & Noailles. — Type age: Paleocene (Thanetian).). — Type material: UCBL-EM 32504, syntype from Jonchery-sur-Vesle. — Current status: Melanopsis sodalis Deshayes, 1862 ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 103; Leroy et al. 2014: 24, pl. 20, fig. 1a-b).

subcarinata , Melanopsis – Deshayes, 1839-HistNatTerrFluv: altered caption to Férussac’s Mélanopsides fossiles, pl. 2, which became Fossiles pl. 4; 1851-HistNatTerrFluv: 22, Foss. pl. 4, fig. 3. — Type locality: between San Gemini & Carsoli, Italy. — Type age: Pleistocene, Late Villafranchian ( Neubauer 2016: 20, 21, 282). — Current status: Melanopsis subcarinata Deshayes, 1839 ( Wenz 1929: 2837).

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buccinulum , Melanopsis – Deshayes, 1862-DescrCoqFoss: 469, 31, pl. 31, figs 11-13. Made available by Melleville 1843: 95 [49, 83], pl. 4, fig. 23-15. — Type locality: Châlons-sur-Vesle. — Type age: Paleocene (Thanetian). — Current status: Melanopsis buccinulum Melleville, 1843 ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 103).