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Melanopsis praerosa

Gastropoda - Melanopsidae

Taxonomy
Murex praerosa was named by Linnaeus (1758) [DISTRIBUTION: Recent; Arctic.]. It is extant. It is the type species of Melanopsis.

It was recombined as Melanopsis praerosa by Férussac (1807).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. bonelli, M. fusiformis, M. subfusiformis, M. pourcyensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Murex praerosa Linnaeus
1807Melanopsis praerosa Férussac

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyMelanopsidae(Adams and Adams 1854)
genusMelanopsisFérussac 1807
speciespraerosa(Linnaeus 1758)

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.

Melanopsis praerosa Linnaeus 1758
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: freshwaterf
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: grazersuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2017-04-17 10:13:46
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:13:46
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015
Collections
No collection or age range data are available