Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Melanopsidae
Synonym: Melanoptychia Neumayr 1880
Parent taxon: Melanopsidae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2005
See also Harzhauser 2002, Harzhauser 2004, Harzhauser and Mandic 2001, Kiessling 2003, Lozouet et al. 2001, Neubauer et al. 2013 and Pacaud and Le Renard 1995
Sister taxa: Amphimelania, Boggsia, Esperiana, Fagotia, Loxotrema, Megalonoda, Microcolpia, Morgania, Pseudobellardia, Stomatopsis, Stylospirula
Subtaxa: Melanopsis (Canthidomus) Melanopsis (Lyrcaea) Melanopsis ancillaroides Melanopsis angulata Melanopsis bouei Melanopsis callosa Melanopsis clavigera Melanopsis corici Melanopsis cuisiensis Melanopsis cvijici Melanopsis dufourii Melanopsis fuchsi Melanopsis fusulatina Melanopsis geniculata Melanopsis impressa Melanopsis lanzaeana Melanopsis lucanensis Melanopsis lyrata Melanopsis medinae Melanopsis mojsisovicsi Melanopsis narzolina Melanopsis praerosa Melanopsis sodalis
Type: Murex praerosa
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (1 collection)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Greece (1), Italy (1)
• Pliocene of Croatia (1), Spain (7)
• Miocene of Austria (11), Bosnia and Herzegovina (10), Croatia (20), the Czech Republic (1), France (1), Germany (7), Greece (4), Italy (11), Lebanon (1), Poland (1), Romania (1), Spain (2), Turkey (2)
• Oligocene of Austria (2), Germany (3), Greece (1), Hungary (1), Switzerland (1), Turkey (3)
• Eocene of France (2), Italy (1), Spain (28), the United Kingdom (31)
• Paleocene of Austria (1), Belgium (1), France (2), Poland (3), the United Kingdom (2), United States (1: Alabama)
• Cretaceous of France (1), New Zealand (2), Spain (1)
Total: 170 collections including 231 occurrences
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