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Melanatria

Gastropoda - Pachychilidae

Taxonomy
Melanatria was named by Bowdich (1822) [Sepkoski's age data: K Camp-u R]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Faunus (Melanatria) by Fischer (1885) and Nagao (1928).

It was assigned to Melanopsidae by Woods (1922); to Faunus by Fischer (1885) and Nagao (1928); to Pachychilidae by Pacaud and Le Renard (1995); to Thiaridae by Ladd (1972) and Squires (1999); and to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Melanatria Bowdich pp. 27-28
1885Faunus (Melanatria) Fischer
1922Melanatria Woods p. 83
1928Faunus (Melanatria) Nagao p. 103
1972Melanatria Ladd p. 20
1995Melanatria Pacaud and Le Renard p. 156
1999Melanatria Squires p. 14
2002Melanatria Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(FĂ©russac 1819)
familyPachychilidaeTroschel 1857
genusMelanatriaBowdich 1822

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Melanatria Bowdich 1822
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Melanatria acanthica Woods 1922
Melanatria beldingi Etayo-Serna 1979
Melanatria bosniaca Oppenheim 1908
Melanatria dimorphica Woods 1922
Melanatria escheri Brongniart 1822
Melanatria propinqua Woods 1922
Melanatria venusta Woods 1922
Melanatria ypresiana Vega and Perilliat 1992
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available