Melanopsis cuisiensis Dominici and Kowalke 2014 (snail)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Melanopsidae

Full reference: S. Dominici and T. Kowalke. 2014. Early Eocene Cerithioidean gastropods of mangrove-fringed coasts (South-central Pyrenees, Spain). Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana 53(3):137-162

Belongs to Melanopsis according to S. Dominici and T. Kowalke 2014

Sister taxa: Melanopsis (Canthidomus), Melanopsis (Lyrcaea), Melanopsis ancillaroides, Melanopsis angulata, Melanopsis bouei, Melanopsis callosa, Melanopsis clavigera, Melanopsis corici, 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 specimen: IGF 4334E, a shell. Its type locality is Rio Esera, sample 53, which is in a Ypresian shallow subtidal mudstone in Spain.

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Eocene of Spain (5 collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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