Melanopsis proteus Tournouer , 1875
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/EFB6DFBE-1A3F-5F10-93FD-36FADE33A8A3 |
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Melanopsis proteus Tournouer , 1875 |
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† Melanopsis proteus Tournouer, 1875 View in CoL
Original source.
Tournouër 1875: 77.
Type horizon.
Tafi Formation, early Pleistocene.
Type locality.
"Prope vicum Antimaki" [near the village Antimácheia, Kos Island], Greece.
Remarks.
The species epithet is a noun in apposition (named after the Greek God Proteus) and needs not to agree in gender with the generic name (Art. 31.2.1).
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