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Melanopsis
Taxonomy
Melanopsis was named by Férussac (1807). It is extant. Its type is Murex praerosa. It is the type genus of Melanopsinae.
It was assigned to Melanopsinae by Adams and Adams (1854); and to Melanopsidae by Pacaud and Le Renard (1995), Müller et al. (1999), Harzhauser and Mandic (2001), Lozouet et al. (2001), Harzhauser (2002), Harzhauser (2004) and Bouchet et al. (2005).
It was assigned to Melanopsinae by Adams and Adams (1854); and to Melanopsidae by Pacaud and Le Renard (1995), Müller et al. (1999), Harzhauser and Mandic (2001), Lozouet et al. (2001), Harzhauser (2002), Harzhauser (2004) and Bouchet et al. (2005).
Species
M. (Canthidomus), M. (Lyrcaea), M. ancillaroides, M. angulata, M. bouei, M. callosa, M. clavigera, M. corici, M. cuisiensis, M. cvijici (syn. M. bittneri), M. dufourii, M. fuchsi, M. fusulatina, M. geniculata, M. impressa (syn. M. hantkeni), M. lanzaeana (syn. M. trstenjaki), M. lucanensis, M. lyrata (syn. M. lyrata cylindracea, M. kispatici, M. misera, M. panciciana, M. lyrata misera), M. medinae (syn. Melanoptychia bittneri), M. mojsisovicsi, M. narzolina, M. praerosa, M. sodalis
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1807 | Melanopsis Férussac |
| 1854 | Melanopsis Adams and Adams p. 309 |
| 1880 | Melanoptychia Neumayr |
| 1995 | Melanopsis Pacaud and Le Renard p. 156 |
| 1999 | Melanopsis Müller et al. |
| 2001 | Melanopsis Harzhauser and Mandic p. 698 |
| 2001 | Melanopsis Lozouet et al. p. 22 |
| 2002 | Melanopsis Harzhauser p. 71 |
| 2004 | Melanopsis Harzhauser p. 114 |
| 2005 | Melanopsis Bouchet et al. pp. 107, 248 |
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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. Melanopsis Férussac 1807
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Subg. Melanopsis (Canthidomus) Swainson 1840
Subg. †Melanopsis (Lyrcaea) Harzhauser 2004
†Melanopsis ancillaroides Deshayes 1824
†Melanopsis angulata Neumayr 1880
†Melanopsis bouei Ferussac 1823
†Melanopsis bouei sturii Fuchs 1873
†Melanopsis callosa Braun in Sandberger 1863
†Melanopsis clavigera Neumayr 1875
†Melanopsis corici Neubauer et al. 2013
†Melanopsis cuisiensis Dominici and Kowalke 2014
†Melanopsis dufourii Férussac 1822
†Melanopsis fuchsi Handmann 1882
†Melanopsis fusulatina Sacco 1895
†Melanopsis geniculata Brusina 1874
†Melanopsis lucanensis Neubauer 2011
†Melanopsis lyrata Neumayr 1869
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Invalid names: Melanopsis kispatici Brusina 1896 [synonym], Melanopsis lyrata cylindracea Brusina 1874 [synonym], Melanopsis misera Brusina 1897 [synonym], Melanopsis panciciana Brusina 1874 [synonym]
†Melanopsis medinae Neubauer et al. 2013
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Invalid names: Melanoptychia bittneri Neumayr 1880 [replaced]
†Melanopsis mojsisovicsi Neumayr 1880
†Melanopsis narzolina Archiac 1846
Melanopsis praerosa Linnaeus 1758
†Melanopsis sodalis Deshayes 1862
Invalid names: Melanopsis lyrata misera Brusina 1874 [synonym], Melanoptychia Neumayr 1880 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available