Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Melanopsidae
Alternative spelling: Lyrcaea
Full reference: M. Harzhauser. 2004. Oligocene gastropod faunas for the Eastern Mediterranean (Mesohellenic Trough/Greece and Esfahan-Sirjan Basin/Central Iran). Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 248:93-181
Parent taxon: Melanopsis according to Cossmann and Pissarro 1918
See also Harzhauser 2004
Sister taxa: Melanopsis (Canthidomus), 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
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Melanopsis (Lyrcaea) in the database