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Melanopsidae
Taxonomy
Melanopsinae was named by Adams and Adams (1854) [m. kosnik taxon no: 9979]. It is extant. Its type is Melanopsis.
It was reranked as the family Melanopsidae by Olsson (1931), Ponder and Warén (1988), Pacaud and Le Renard (1995), Squires (1998), Harzhauser and Mandic (2001), Lozouet et al. (2001), Harzhauser (2002), Harzhauser (2004), Bouchet et al. (2005) and Bouchet et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Taenioglossa by Olsson (1931); to Thiaridae by Allison (1955); and to Cerithioidea by Ponder and Warén (1988), Pacaud and Le Renard (1995), Squires (1998), Harzhauser and Mandic (2001), Lozouet et al. (2001), Harzhauser (2002), Harzhauser (2004), Bouchet et al. (2005) and Bouchet et al. (2017).
It was reranked as the family Melanopsidae by Olsson (1931), Ponder and Warén (1988), Pacaud and Le Renard (1995), Squires (1998), Harzhauser and Mandic (2001), Lozouet et al. (2001), Harzhauser (2002), Harzhauser (2004), Bouchet et al. (2005) and Bouchet et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Taenioglossa by Olsson (1931); to Thiaridae by Allison (1955); and to Cerithioidea by Ponder and Warén (1988), Pacaud and Le Renard (1995), Squires (1998), Harzhauser and Mandic (2001), Lozouet et al. (2001), Harzhauser (2002), Harzhauser (2004), Bouchet et al. (2005) and Bouchet et al. (2017).
Subtaxa
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1854 | Melanopsinae Adams and Adams p. 309 |
1931 | Melanopsidae Olsson p. 85 |
1955 | Melanopsinae Allison p. 416 |
1988 | Melanopsidae Ponder and Warén p. 295 |
1995 | Melanopsidae Pacaud and Le Renard p. 156 |
1998 | Melanopsidae Squires p. 298 |
2001 | Melanopsidae Harzhauser and Mandic p. 698 |
2001 | Melanopsidae Lozouet et al. p. 22 |
2002 | Melanopsidae Harzhauser p. 71 |
2004 | Melanopsidae Harzhauser p. 114 |
2005 | Melanopsidae Bouchet et al. p. 248 |
2017 | Melanopsidae Bouchet et al. p. 342 |
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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.
Fm. Melanopsidae Adams and Adams 1854
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G. Amphimelania Fischer 1885
G. Esperiana Bourguignat 1877
G. Fagotia Bourguignat 1884
G. †Megalonoda Kollmann 1984
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 misera 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 cylindracea Brusina 1874 [synonym], Melanoptychia Neumayr 1880 [synonym]
G. †Stomatopsis Stache 1871
G. †Stylospirula Rovereto 1899
Invalid names: Amphimelaniidae Fischer and Crosse 1891 [synonym], Fagotiidae Starobogatov 1992 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Albian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 112.03000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 105.3 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 105.3 Ma
Collections (227 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Cretaceous | New Zealand | Melanopsis sp. (37315) | |
Early/Lower Albian - Middle Albian | Greece | Megalonoda sp. (64246) | |
Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian | USA (California) | Boggsia tenuis (3889) | |
Campanian | USA (California) | Boggsia tenuis (69310 69312 210575 210581 210583) | |
Campanian | Canada (British Colombia) | Boggsia tenuis (210589) | |
Campanian - Maastrichtian | New Zealand | Melanopsis sp. (37083) | |
Early/Lower Campanian | USA (California) | Boggsia tenuis (3888 3890 86939 210580 210584 210585 210586 210587 220350) | |
Middle Campanian | USA (California) | Boggsia tenuis (86936) | |
Middle Campanian | USA (Washington) | Boggsia tenuis (210588) | |
Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Spain (Cataluña) | Melanopsis crastina (159019) | |
Late/Upper Maastrichtian | France (Haute-Garonne) | Melanopsis avellana (48865) | |
Danian | France | Melanopsis sp. (20816) | |
Danian | Belgium | Melanopsis briarti (22931) | |
Early/Lower Paleocene - Middle Paleocene | United Kingdom (England) | Melanopsis antidiluviana (8083 8085) | |
Paleocene | Austria (Salzburg) | Melanopsis sodalis, Melanopsis ancillaroides (84335) | |
Thanetian | Poland | Melanopsis pourcyensis, Melanopsis ancillaroides (27020) Melanopsis sodalis, Melanopsis ancillaroides (27018 27019) | |
Thanetian | France | Melanopsis buccinulum, Melanopsis lactacoa, Melanopsis sodalis (178086) | |
Thanetian | USA (Alabama) | Melanopsis anita (90818) | |
Ypresian | United Kingdom (England) | Melanopsis buccinoidea (38868) | |
Ypresian | USA (Oregon) | Loxotrema turritum (200800 200804) | |
Ypresian | USA (California) | Loxotrema turritum (52432 177614) | |
Ypresian | Spain | Melanopsis ancillaroides (75329 75331 75332 75337 75342 75343 75346 75347 75348 75351 75352 75354 75356 75357 75359 75371 75391 75406 75410 75412 75413 75414) Melanopsis cuisiensis (75381 75389 184209) Melanopsis cuisiensis, Melanopsis ancillaroides (75370) Melanopsis cuisiensis, Pseudobellardia muttii, Melanopsis ancillaroides (184271) Melanopsis vidali (75324) Pseudobellardia muttii (184272) | |
Eocene | USA (Oregon) | Loxotrema turritum (200891) | |
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene | USA (California) | Loxotrema turritum (37928 37931) | |
Lutetian | USA (Oregon) | Loxotrema turritum (200870 200875 200877 200878 200892 200911 201035 201036) | |
Lutetian | USA (California) | Loxotrema turritum (16712 200657 200659 200731 200732 200733 200734 210283 210285 210286 210287 210289 210292) | |
Lutetian | France (Centre) | Melanopsis glandicula (178085) | |
Bartonian | United Kingdom (England) | Melanopsis sp., Melanopsis brevis (39014) Melanopsis subfusiformis (42636) | |
Bartonian | France | Melanopsis antediluviana (78567) | |
Priabonian | Italy | Melanopsis carinata (78565) | |
Priabonian | United Kingdom (England) | Melanopsis brevis (39665) Melanopsis fusiformis, Melanopsis brevis, Melanopsis carinata (39643) | |
Late/Upper Eocene | United Kingdom (England) | Melanopsis brevis (39838) Melanopsis brevis, Melanopsis carinata (40300) Melanopsis carinata (39675 40268 40269 40377 40379 40423 40851 40908 40910 40913 40914 40915) Melanopsis carinata, Melanopsis fusiformis, Melanopsis minuta, Melanopsis ancillaroides (39662) Melanopsis carinata, Melanopsis fusiformis, Melanopsis sp. (40893) Melanopsis carinata, Melanopsis muricata (40912) Melanopsis fusiformis (39704 40927 42649) Melanopsis sp. (39676 39677 39705 40769 40771 40900) | |
Oligocene | Germany (Rheinland Pfalz) | Melanopsis callosa (37982) Melanopsis hassiaca (37968) Melanopsis sp. (37965) | |
Rupelian - Chattian | Turkey (Denizli) | Melanopsis impressa (110486 110491 111939) | |
Chattian | Greece | Melanopsis impressa (76202) | |
Chattian | Austria (Lower Austria) | Melanopsis impressa (55244) | |
Chattian | Switzerland (Canton Solothurn) | Melanopsis acuminata (182805) | |
Chattian | Austria | Melanopsis impressa (77734) | |
Chattian | Hungary | Melanopsis impressa (8211) | |
Aquitanian | France | Melanopsis dufourii (74861) | |
Aquitanian | Greece | Melanopsis impressa (172003) | |
Early/Lower Miocene | Austria | Melanopsis impressa (77622 77624 77625 77626 77628 77630) | |
Burdigalian | Germany | Melanopsis impressa (182594 182595 182598 182600 182601 182605 182881) | |
Langhian | Croatia | Melanopsis lanzaeana (231219 231223 231227) Melanopsis lyrata (231201 231204 231208 231211) Melanopsis lyrata, Melanopsis lanzaeana (231203 231205 231206 231207 231218 231220 231221 231225 231226) Melanopsis lyrata, Melanopsis lanzaeana, Melanopsis lucanensis (231209 231210) | |
Langhian | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Melanopsis angulata, Melanopsis corici, Melanopsis cvijici, Melanopsis geniculata, Melanopsis lyrata, Melanopsis medinae, Melanopsis mojsisovicsi (231199) Melanopsis corici, Melanopsis cvijici, Melanopsis medinae, Melanopsis mojsisovicsi (231200) Melanopsis cvijici, Melanopsis mojsisovicsi (178161) Melanopsis lyrata (231252 231253 231254 231255 231256 231257) | |
Badenian | Poland (Holy Cross Mountains) | Melanopsis impressa (38823) | |
Badenian | Austria | Melanopsis impressa (74653) | |
Sarmatian | Austria | Melanopsis impressa (106570) | |
Tortonian | Israel | Melanopsidae indet. (197657 197658 197659) | |
Tortonian | Turkey (Yalova) | Melanopsis stricturata, Melanopsis pterochilia, Melanopsis narzolina (184470) | |
Tortonian | Czech Republic | Melanopsis fossilis, Melanopsis impressa (173156) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Turkey | Melanopsis kleini, Melanopsis trojana, Melanopsis acanthicus, Melanopsis acanthicoides (56563) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Croatia | Melanopsis fossilis (68266) Melanopsis fossilis, Melanopsis impresa, Melanopsis bouei (68265) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Lebanon | Melanopsis sp. (34399) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Greece (Thraki) | Melanopsis bonelli, Melanopsis sp. (205293) Melanopsis sp. (205294 205295) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Spain (Albacete) | Melanopsis sp. (41930) | |
MN 9 | Austria | Melanopsis fuchsi (231089) Melanopsis fuchsi, Melanopsis bouei (231088) | |
MN 11 | Austria (Niederoesterreich) | Melanopsis fuchsi, Melanopsis bouei (32649) | |
Turolian | Spain (Valencia) | Melanopsis narsolina, Melanopsis laevigata, Melanopsis requenensis, Melanopsis sp. (40758) | |
Messinian | Romania | Melanopsis sp. (73301) | |
Messinian | Italy (Piedmont) | Melanopsis narzolina (172910 172914 172916 199860) Melanopsis narzolina, Melanopsis fusulatina (172912 172915 199859) Melanopsis sp. (113998) | |
Messinian | Italy | Melanopsis narzolina (172924 172925) Melanopsis narzolina, Melanopsis fusulatina (172917) | |
Messinian | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Melanopsis n. sp., Melanoptychia bittneri, Melanoptychia mojsisovicsi (178160) | |
Early/Lower Pliocene | Spain | Melanopsidae indet. (153718) | |
Ruscinian | Spain (Granada) | Melanopsis cariosa (35253 35254 35255 35256) | |
Pliocene | Spain (Granada) | Melanopsis cariosa (35259 35260 35261) | |
Pliocene | Croatia | Melanopsis clavigera (185966) Microcolpia friedeli (185963 185964) | |
Pliocene - Pleistocene | Italy (Umbria) | Melanopsis affinis (51761) | |
Piacenzian - Gelasian | Greece (Kos) | Melanopsis sporadum (233224) | |
Pleistocene - Neogene | Greece | Melanopsis sp. (34607) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Romania | Fagotia acicularis, Fagotia esperi (40800) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Greece (Serres) | Amphimelania holandri (204956) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | Russian Federation | Esperiana esperi (201990) |