Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Melanopsidae
Full reference: T. A. Neubauer, O. Mandic, M. Harzhauser and H. Hrvatović. 2013. A new Miocene lacustrine mollusc fauna of the Dinaride Lake System and its palaeobiogeographic, palaeoecologic and taxonomic implications. Palaeontology 56(1):129-156
Belongs to Melanopsis according to T. A. Neubauer et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Melanopsis (Canthidomus), Melanopsis (Lyrcaea), Melanopsis ancillaroides, Melanopsis angulata, Melanopsis bouei, Melanopsis callosa, Melanopsis clavigera, 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 specimen: NHMW 2011/0138/0100, a shell. Its type locality is Debris collection (unit 3), NW slope of Fatelj hill, which is in a Langhian lacustrine limestone in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Miocene of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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