Melanopsis

Melanopsis Temporal range: Cretaceous–recent PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:	Cerithioidea
Family:	Melanopsidae
Genus:	Melanopsis Férussac, 1807[1]
Species
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Melanopsis is a genus of freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Melanopsidae. The genus first appeared in the Cretaceous.^[2]

Melanopsis is the type genus of the family Melanopsidae.^[3]

Distribution

These snails are found in southern Europe, North Africa, Asia Minor, New Caledonia and New Zealand.^[4]

Description

Their shells are ovate, with a short spire, and a large elongated body whorl. The outer lip of the aperture is thin, but the inner lip has a smooth parietal callus, thickened into a pad over the parietal wall.^[4]

Species

Species within the genus Melanopsis include:

• Melanopsis aetolica †^{[verification needed]}
• Melanopsis ajkaensis †^{[verification needed]}
• Melanopsis ammonis
• Melanopsis anceps †^{[verification needed]}
• Melanopsis ancillaroides †^{[verification needed]}
• Melanopsis antediluviana †^{[verification needed]}
• Melanopsis arbalensis Pérès, 1939^[5]
• Melanopsis avellana †^{[verification needed]}
• Melanopsis bonelli †^{[verification needed]}
• Melanopsis brevicula Pallary, 1918^[6]
• Melanopsis brevis
• Melanopsis buccinoidea (Olivier, 1801)^[7]
• Melanopsis buccinulum †^{[verification needed]}
• Melanopsis cariosa (Linnaeus, 1767)^[7]
• Melanopsis cerithiopsis
• Melanopsis chlorotica Pallary, 1921^[8]
• Melanopsis coaequata †^{[verification needed]}
• Melanopsis costata (Olivier, 1804)^[7]
• Melanopsis cylindrica †^{[verification needed]}
• Melanopsis delessi †^{[verification needed]}
• Melanopsis dufouri
• Melanopsis eleis †^{[verification needed]}
• Melanopsis entzi †^{[verification needed]}
• Melanopsis etrusca Brot, 1862^[9]
• Melanopsis ferussaci
• Melanopsis fossilis (Gmelin) - † late Neogene
• Melanopsis frustulum
• Melanopsis fuchsi †^{[verification needed]}
• Melanopsis gorceixi †^{[verification needed]}
• Melanopsis handmanniana †^{[verification needed]}
• Melanopsis hennersdorfensis †^{[verification needed]}
• Melanopsis impressa †^{[verification needed]}
• Melanopsis kleini †^{[verification needed]}
• Melanopsis laubrierei †^{[verification needed]}
• Melanopsis letourneuxi Bourguignat, 1880^[10]
• Melanopsis lorcana
• Melanopsis macrosculpturata †^{[verification needed]}
• Melanopsis magnifica Bourguignat, 1884^[11]
• Melanopsis mourebeyensis Pallary, 1921^[12]
• Melanopsis multiformis †
• Melanopsis narzolina †^{[verification needed]}
• Melanopsis obediensis †
• Melanopsis ovularis †^{[verification needed]}
• Melanopsis oxycantha †^{[verification needed]}
• Melanopsis parreyssii (Philippi, 1847)^[7] - synonym: Melanopsis hungarica Kormos, 1904^[13]
• Melanopsis pechinatii
• Melanopsis petrovici †^{[verification needed]}
• Melanopsis praemorsa (Linnaeus, 1758) - type species^[7]
• Melanopsis propheatarum
• Melanopsis pseudoimpressa †^{[verification needed]}
• Melanopsis pygmaea †^{[verification needed]}
• Melanopsis saharica Bourguignat, 1864^[14]
• Melanopsis saulcyi
• Melanopsis scalaris Gassies, 1856^[15]
• † Melanopsis serchensis Vidal, 1874 - from Maastrichtian^[16]
• Melanopsis sodalis †^{[verification needed]}
• Melanopsis subgraëllsiana Bourguignat, 1864^[17]
• Melanopsis sturi †^{[verification needed]}
• Melanopsis tihanyensis †^{[verification needed]}
• Melanopsis tricarinata
• Melanopsis trifasciata Gray, 1843^[4]
• Melanopsis turgida Pallary, 1927^[18]
• Melanopsis turriformis †
• Melanopsis vindobonensis †^{[verification needed]}
• Melanopsis wagneri

(Extinct taxa indicated by a dagger, †.)

References

1. ^ Férussac (1807). Essai Méth. Conch., page 70; Férussac (1822). H.N. g. et p. Moll., Tabl. gén., xxxiv.
2. ^ (in Czech) Pek I., Vašíček Z., Roček Z., Hajn. V. & Mikuláš R.: Základy zoopaleontologie. Olomouc, 1996. 264 pp., ISBN 80-7067-599-3.
3. ^ Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdés Á. & Warén A. (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology (Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks) 47 (1-2): 1–397. ISBN 3925919724. ISSN 0076-2997. http://www.archive.org/details/malacologia47122005inst. 
4. ^ ^{a b c} Powell, A.W.B. (1979): New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand. ISBN 0-00-216906-1
5. ^ Van Damme D. & Ghamizi M. (2007). Melanopsis arbalensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 26 June 2011.
6. ^ Van Damme D. & Ghamizi M. (2007). Melanopsis brevicula. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 26 June 2011.
7. ^ ^{a b c d e} "Species in genus Melanopsis (n=5). AnimalBase, accessed 26 June 2011.
8. ^ Van Damme D. & Ghamizi M. (2007). Melanopsis chlorotica. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 26 June 2011.
9. ^ Cianfanelli S. (2010). Melanopsis etrusca. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 26 June 2011.
10. ^ Van Damme D. & Ghamizi M. (2007). Melanopsis letourneuxi. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 26 June 2011.
11. ^ Van Damme D. & Ghamizi M. (2007). Melanopsis magnifica. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 26 June 2011.
12. ^ Van Damme D. & Ghamizi M. (2007). Melanopsis mourebeyensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 26 June 2011.
13. ^ Feher Z. (2010). Melanopsis parreyssii. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 26 June 2011.
14. ^ Van Damme D. & Ghamizi M. (2007). Melanopsis saharica. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 26 June 2011.
15. ^ Van Damme D. & Ghamizi M. (2007). Melanopsis scalaris. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 26 June 2011.
16. ^ Bandel K. (2006). "Families of the Cerithioidea and related superfamilies (Palaeo-Caenogastropoda; Mollusca) from the Triassic to the Recent characterized by protoconch morphology - including the description of new taxa". Freiberger Forschungshefte C 511: 59-138. PDF.
17. ^ Van Damme D. & Ghamizi M. (2007). Melanopsis subgraëllsiana. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 26 June 2011.
18. ^ Van Damme D. & Ghamizi M. (2007). Melanopsis turgida. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 26 June 2011.