Melanopsis

Melanopsis
Temporal range: Cretaceous–recent
A live Melanopsis praemorsa
Five views of a shell of Melanopsis buccinoidea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: incertae sedis
Family: Melanopsidae
Genus: Melanopsis
Férussac, 1807
Synonyms
  • † Boistelia Cossmann, 1909
  • † Lyrcaea Adams & Adams, 1854 † (junior synonym; misspelling (pro Lyrcea))
  • Lyrcea H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
  • † Macrospira F. Sandberger, 1872 (invalid: junior homonym of Macrospira Swainson, 1840; Melanoptychia is a replacement name)
  • Melanopsis (Canthidomus) Swainson, 1840
  • † Melanopsis (Homalia) Handmann, 1887 (junior homonym of Homalia Eschscholtz, 1831; junior synonym)
  • † Melanopsis (Lyrcaea) Adams & Adams, 1854 (junior synonym; misspelling (pro Lyrcea))
  • † Melanopsis (Lyrcea) Adams & Adams, 1854
  • † Melanopsis (Martinia) Handmann, 1887 (junior homonym of Martinia M'Coy, 1844; junior synonym)
  • Melanopsis (Melanopsis) Férussac, 1807
  • † Melanopsis (Melanoptychia) Neumayr, 1880
  • † Melanoptychia Neumayr, 1880

Melanopsis is a genus of freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Melanopsidae.

The genus first appeared in the Cretaceous.

Melanopsis is the type genus of the family Melanopsidae.

Distribution

These snails are found in southern Europe, North Africa, Asia Minor, New Caledonia and New Zealand.

Description

Their shells are ovate, with a short spire, and a large elongated body whorl. The outer lip of the aperture is thin, but the inner lip has a smooth parietal callus, thickened into a pad over the parietal wall.

Species

Species within the genus Melanopsis include:

(Extinct taxa indicated by a dagger, †.)

Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. ↑ Férussac (1807). Essai Méth. Conch., page 70; Férussac (1822). H.N. g. et p. Moll., Tabl. gén., xxxiv.
  2. 1 2 Rosenberg, G. (2014). Melanopsis Férussac, 1807. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=519395 on 2014-11-10
  3. ↑ (in Czech) Pek I., Vašíček Z., Roček Z., Hajn V. & Mikuláš R. (1996). Základy zoopaleontologie. Olomouc, 264 pp., ISBN 80-7067-599-3.
  4. ↑ Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: periodical has ISBN (link)
  5. 1 2 Powell, A.W.B. (1979): New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand. ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  6. ↑ Van Damme, D.; Ghamizi, M. (2010). "Melanopsis arbalensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010 e.T184758A8327547. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T184758A8327547.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  7. ↑ Van Damme, D.; Ghamizi, M. (2010). "Melanopsis brevicula". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010 e.T184488A8280376. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T184488A8280376.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 "Species in genus Melanopsis (n=5). AnimalBase, accessed 26 June 2011.
  9. ↑ Van Damme, D.; Ghamizi, M. (2010). "Melanopsis chlorotica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010 e.T184615A8301829. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T184615A8301829.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  10. ↑ Cianfanelli, S. (2010). "Melanopsis etrusca". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010 e.T40077A10300265. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T40077A10300265.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  11. ↑ Van Damme, D.; Ghamizi, M. (2010). "Melanopsis letourneuxi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010 e.T184687A8313935. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T184687A8313935.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  12. ↑ Van Damme, D.; Ghamizi, M. (2010). "Melanopsis magnifica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010 e.T184502A8282592. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T184502A8282592.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  13. ↑ Van Damme, D.; Ghamizi, M. (2010). "Melanopsis mourebeyensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010 e.T184724A8321605. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T184724A8321605.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  14. ↑ Fehér, Z. (2011). "Melanopsis parreyssii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011 e.T155737A4835365. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T155737A4835365.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  15. ↑ Van Damme, D.; Ghamizi, M. (2010). "Melanopsis saharica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010 e.T184688A8314084. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T184688A8314084.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  16. ↑ Van Damme, D.; Ghamizi, M. (2010). "Melanopsis scalaris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010 e.T184539A8288876. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T184539A8288876.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  17. ↑ Bandel K. (2006). "Families of the Cerithioidea and related superfamilies (Palaeo-Caenogastropoda; Mollusca) from the Triassic to the Recent characterized by protoconch morphology - including the description of new taxa". Freiberger Forschungshefte C 511: 59-138. PDF[permanent dead link].
  18. ↑ Van Damme, D.; Ghamizi, M. (2010). "Melanopsis subgraellsiana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010 e.T184577A8295544. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T184577A8295544.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  19. ↑ Van Damme, D.; Ghamizi, M. (2010). "Melanopsis turgida". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010 e.T184634A8304910. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T184634A8304910.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.