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Amphimelania

Gastropoda - Melanopsidae

Taxonomy
Amphimelania was named by Fischer (1885). It is extant.

It was assigned to Amphimelaniinae by Fischer and Crosse (1891); and to Melanopsidae by Bouchet et al. (2005).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1885Amphimelania Fischer
1891Amphimelania Fischer and Crosse p. 312
2005Amphimelania Bouchet et al. pp. 24, 248

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(FĂ©russac 1819)
familyMelanopsidae(Adams and Adams 1854)
genusAmphimelaniaFischer 1885

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. Amphimelania Fischer 1885
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available