Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Melanopsidae
Alternative spelling: Melanopsinae
Synonyms: Amphimelaniidae Fischer and Crosse 1891, Amphimelaniinae Fischer and Crosse 1891, Fagotiidae Starobogatov 1992, Fagotiinae Starobogatov 1992
Parent taxon: Cerithioidea according to P. Bouchet et al. 2017
See also Allison 1955, Bouchet et al. 2005, Harzhauser 2002, Harzhauser 2004, Harzhauser and Mandic 2001, Lozouet et al. 2001, Olsson 1931, Pacaud and Le Renard 1995, Ponder and Warén 1988 and Squires 1998
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Amphimelania Boggsia Esperiana Fagotia Loxotrema Megalonoda Melanopsis Microcolpia Morgania Pseudobellardia Stomatopsis Stylospirula
Type: Melanopsis
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (2 collections), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Greece (1), Italy (1)
• Pliocene of Croatia (3), Spain (8)
• Miocene of Austria (11), Bosnia and Herzegovina (10), Croatia (20), the Czech Republic (1), France (1), Germany (7), Greece (4), Israel (3), 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 (29), the United Kingdom (31), United States (28: California, Oregon)
• Paleocene of Austria (1), Belgium (1), France (2), Poland (3), the United Kingdom (2), United States (1: Alabama)
• Cretaceous of Canada (1: British Colombia), France (1), Greece (1), New Zealand (2), Spain (1), United States (17: California, Washington)
Total: 227 collections including 290 occurrences