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Melanopsidae

Gastropoda - Melanopsidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Melanopsinae Adams and Adams p. 309
1931Melanopsidae Olsson p. 85
1955Melanopsinae Allison p. 416
1988Melanopsidae Ponder and Warén p. 295
1995Melanopsidae Pacaud and Le Renard p. 156
1998Melanopsidae Squires p. 298
2001Melanopsidae Harzhauser and Mandic p. 698
2001Melanopsidae Lozouet et al. p. 22
2002Melanopsidae Harzhauser p. 71
2004Melanopsidae Harzhauser p. 114
2005Melanopsidae Bouchet et al. p. 248
2017Melanopsidae Bouchet et al. p. 342

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyMelanopsidae(Adams and Adams 1854)
familyMelanopsidae(Adams and Adams 1854)

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. †Boggsia Olsson 1929
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Boggsia tenuis Gabb 1864
G. Esperiana Bourguignat 1877
G. Fagotia Bourguignat 1884
G. †Loxotrema Gabb 1868
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Loxotrema turritum Gabb 1869
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 callosa Braun in Sandberger 1863
Melanopsis clavigera Neumayr 1875
Melanopsis corici Neubauer et al. 2013
Melanopsis cuisiensis Dominici and Kowalke 2014
Melanopsis cvijici Brusina 1902
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Invalid names: Melanopsis bittneri Brusina 1902 [synonym]
Melanopsis dufourii Férussac 1822
Melanopsis fuchsi Handmann 1882
Melanopsis fusulatina Sacco 1895
Melanopsis geniculata Brusina 1874
Melanopsis impressa Krauss 1852
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Invalid names: Melanopsis hantkeni Hofmann 1870 [synonym]
Melanopsis lanzaeana Brusina 1874
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Invalid names: Melanopsis trstenjaki Brusina 1884 [synonym]
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. Microcolpia Bourguignat 1884
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Microcolpia friedeli Brusina 1885
G. †Morgania Cossman 1906
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Morgania costata Woods 1922
Morgania magna Woods 1922
G. †Pseudobellardia Cox 1931
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Pseudobellardia muttii Dominici and Kowalke 2014
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
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: 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

Collections (227 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cretaceous145.0 - 66.0New Zealand Melanopsis sp. (37315)
Early/Lower Albian - Middle Albian112.03 - 105.3Greece Megalonoda sp. (64246)
Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian85.8 - 70.6USA (California) Boggsia tenuis (3889)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (California) Boggsia tenuis (69310 69312 210575 210581 210583)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Canada (British Colombia) Boggsia tenuis (210589)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0New Zealand Melanopsis sp. (37083)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (California) Boggsia tenuis (3888 3890 86939 210580 210584 210585 210586 210587 220350)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (California) Boggsia tenuis (86936)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Washington) Boggsia tenuis (210588)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Spain (Cataluña) Melanopsis crastina (159019)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0France (Haute-Garonne) Melanopsis avellana (48865)
Danian66.0 - 61.6France Melanopsis sp. (20816)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Belgium Melanopsis briarti (22931)
Early/Lower Paleocene - Middle Paleocene66.0 - 58.7United Kingdom (England) Melanopsis antidiluviana (8083 8085)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Austria (Salzburg) Melanopsis sodalis, Melanopsis ancillaroides (84335)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Poland Melanopsis pourcyensis, Melanopsis ancillaroides (27020) Melanopsis sodalis, Melanopsis ancillaroides (27018 27019)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0France Melanopsis buccinulum, Melanopsis lactacoa, Melanopsis sodalis (178086)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Alabama) Melanopsis anita (90818)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Melanopsis buccinoidea (38868)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Oregon) Loxotrema turritum (200800 200804)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (California) Loxotrema turritum (52432 177614)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Spain 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)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Oregon) Loxotrema turritum (200891)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene48.6 - 33.9USA (California) Loxotrema turritum (37928 37931)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Oregon) Loxotrema turritum (200870 200875 200877 200878 200892 200911 201035 201036)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (California) Loxotrema turritum (16712 200657 200659 200731 200732 200733 200734 210283 210285 210286 210287 210289 210292)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France (Centre) Melanopsis glandicula (178085)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0United Kingdom (England) Melanopsis sp., Melanopsis brevis (39014) Melanopsis subfusiformis (42636)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France Melanopsis antediluviana (78567)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Italy Melanopsis carinata (78565)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Melanopsis brevis (39665) Melanopsis fusiformis, Melanopsis brevis, Melanopsis carinata (39643)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9United 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)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Germany (Rheinland Pfalz) Melanopsis callosa (37982) Melanopsis hassiaca (37968) Melanopsis sp. (37965)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.03Turkey (Denizli) Melanopsis impressa (110486 110491 111939)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Greece Melanopsis impressa (76202)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Austria (Lower Austria) Melanopsis impressa (55244)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Switzerland (Canton Solothurn) Melanopsis acuminata (182805)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Austria Melanopsis impressa (77734)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Hungary Melanopsis impressa (8211)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France Melanopsis dufourii (74861)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Greece Melanopsis impressa (172003)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Austria Melanopsis impressa (77622 77624 77625 77626 77628 77630)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany Melanopsis impressa (182594 182595 182598 182600 182601 182605 182881)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Croatia 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)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Bosnia 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)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Poland (Holy Cross Mountains) Melanopsis impressa (38823)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Austria Melanopsis impressa (74653)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Austria Melanopsis impressa (106570)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Israel Melanopsidae indet. (197657 197658 197659)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Turkey (Yalova) Melanopsis stricturata, Melanopsis pterochilia, Melanopsis narzolina (184470)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Czech Republic Melanopsis fossilis, Melanopsis impressa (173156)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Turkey Melanopsis kleini, Melanopsis trojana, Melanopsis acanthicus, Melanopsis acanthicoides (56563)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Croatia Melanopsis fossilis (68266) Melanopsis fossilis, Melanopsis impresa, Melanopsis bouei (68265)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Lebanon Melanopsis sp. (34399)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Thraki) Melanopsis bonelli, Melanopsis sp. (205293) Melanopsis sp. (205294 205295)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Spain (Albacete) Melanopsis sp. (41930)
MN 911.1 - 9.7Austria Melanopsis fuchsi (231089) Melanopsis fuchsi, Melanopsis bouei (231088)
MN 118.7 - 7.75Austria (Niederoesterreich) Melanopsis fuchsi, Melanopsis bouei (32649)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Spain (Valencia) Melanopsis narsolina, Melanopsis laevigata, Melanopsis requenensis, Melanopsis sp. (40758)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Romania Melanopsis sp. (73301)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Piedmont) Melanopsis narzolina (172910 172914 172916 199860) Melanopsis narzolina, Melanopsis fusulatina (172912 172915 199859) Melanopsis sp. (113998)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy Melanopsis narzolina (172924 172925) Melanopsis narzolina, Melanopsis fusulatina (172917)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Bosnia and Herzegovina Melanopsis n. sp., Melanoptychia bittneri, Melanoptychia mojsisovicsi (178160)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Spain Melanopsidae indet. (153718)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2Spain (Granada) Melanopsis cariosa (35253 35254 35255 35256)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Spain (Granada) Melanopsis cariosa (35259 35260 35261)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Croatia Melanopsis clavigera (185966) Microcolpia friedeli (185963 185964)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Italy (Umbria) Melanopsis affinis (51761)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.806Greece (Kos) Melanopsis sporadum (233224)
Pleistocene - Neogene2.588 - 2.588Greece Melanopsis sp. (34607)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Romania Fagotia acicularis, Fagotia esperi (40800)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Greece (Serres) Amphimelania holandri (204956)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.126 - 0.0117Russian Federation Esperiana esperi (201990)