Several names share this combination and are defined under the rules of the zoological code. The species name Opis elegans might be an homonymy case.

Opis elegans d'ORBIGNY, 1844

Zoology

Bibliographic references

, - Paléontologie française - Terrains crétacé - Tome 3, Lamellibranchia (liv. 74), p. 49-64
 
, - Prodrome de Paléontologie stratigraphique universelle des animaux mollusques et rayonnés, vol. 2, p. 1-427 (publié en novembre)
 

Name-bearing type

SYNTYPE MNHN.F.A51887

Taxonomy

Mollusca 2
Bivalvia 2
Venerida 2
Astartidae 2
Opis 2

Specimens registered in collections

Collection Number of specimens (or sets)
Paleontology (F) 2

Opisthocheiron elegans Ribaut, 1922

Zoology

Name-bearing type

SYNTYPE(S) MNHN-MY-MY1057