A nomenclator of extant and fossil taxa of the Melanopsidae (Gastropoda, Cerithioidea)
Author
Neubauer, Thomas A.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1398-9941
Geological-Paleontological Department, Natural History Museum Vienna, 1010 Vienna, Austria
thomas.neubauer@nhm-wien.ac.at
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.602.8136
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.602.8136
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Melanopsis daudebartii [Prevost], 1821
Original source.
[
Prevost] 1821
: 137.
Type locality.
"Aupres
de Baden, en Autriche, dans un bassin
d'eau
thermale sulfureuse" [near Baden, Austria, in a sulphurous thermal water basin], Austria.
Remarks
.
There is considerable uncertainty about the correct authority and spelling of this species in the literature. It was first mentioned and validly described in the year 1821 as "
Melanopsis Daudebartii
" in an article in the Bulletin des Sciences, par la
Societe
philomatique de Paris. Constant Prevost was often considered to be the author of this article, but from the title and text it is obvious that the article is an
"Extrait"
of a talk given by Prevost earlier and summarized by an anonymous author. According to Art. 50.2 and Recommendation 51D, the correct citation should be
Melanopsis daudebartii
[Prevost], 1821. The names "
daudebarti
", "
audebarti
" or "
audebardi
", each occurring multiple times in the literature, are incorrect subsequent spellings. Currently, the species is classified within the genus
Microcolpia
(see also
Neubauer et al. 2014d
: 126).