Melanopsis

Melanopsis
Temporal range: Cretaceous–recent
Five views of a shell of Melanopsis buccinoidea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda

clade Sorbeoconcha

Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Melanopsidae
Genus: Melanopsis
Férussac, 1807[1]
Diversity[2]
32 extant species in the IUCN Red List
Synonyms[3]
  • † Boistelia Cossmann, 1909
  • † Lyrcaea Adams & Adams, 1854 † (junior synonym; misspelling (pro Lyrcea))
  • Lyrcea H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
  • † Macrospira F. Sandberger, 1872 (invalid: junior homonym of Macrospira Swainson, 1840; Melanoptychia is a replacement name)
  • Melanopsis (Canthidomus) Swainson, 1840
  • † Melanopsis (Homalia) Handmann, 1887 (junior homonym of Homalia Eschscholtz, 1831; junior synonym)
  • † Melanopsis (Lyrcaea) Adams & Adams, 1854 (junior synonym; misspelling (pro Lyrcea))
  • † Melanopsis (Lyrcea) Adams & Adams, 1854
  • † Melanopsis (Martinia) Handmann, 1887 (junior homonym of Martinia M'Coy, 1844; junior synonym)
  • Melanopsis (Melanopsis) Férussac, 1807
  • † Melanopsis (Melanoptychia) Neumayr, 1880
  • † Melanoptychia Neumayr, 1880

Melanopsis is a genus of freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Melanopsidae. [3]

The genus first appeared in the Cretaceous.[4]

Melanopsis is the type genus of the family Melanopsidae.[5]

Distribution

These snails are found in southern Europe, North Africa, Asia Minor, New Caledonia and New Zealand.[6]

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.[6]

Species

Species within the genus Melanopsis include:

  • † Melanopsis abbreviata Brusina, 1874
  • Melanopsis abichi Calvert & Neumayr, 1880
  • † Melanopsis acanthica Neumayr, 1869
  • † Melanopsis acanthicoides Hoernes, 1877
  • † Melanopsis acuta Handmann, 1882
  • † Melanopsis aetolica
  • † Melanopsis affinis Férussac, 1819
  • † Melanopsis ajkaensis
  • † Melanopsis alutensis Stefanescu, 1896
  • Melanopsis ammonis
  • † Melanopsis anceps Gaudry & Fischer in Gaudry, 1867
  • † Melanopsis ancillaroides
  • Melanopsis andrussowi Brusina, 1885
  • † Melanopsis angulata Neumayr, 1880
  • † Melanopsis anili Taner, 1997
  • † Melanopsis anistratenkoi Neubauer, Harzhauser, Georgopoulou, Mandic & Kroh, 2014 †
  • † Melanopsis antediluviana
  • Melanopsis arbalensis Pérès, 1939[7]
  • † Melanopsis arsinovi Brusina, 1902
  • † Melanopsis astathmeta Brusina, 1897
  • † Melanopsis astrapaea Brusina, 1876
  • † Melanopsis atanasiui Schoverth, 1953
  • † Melanopsis austriaca Handmann, 1882
  • † Melanopsis avellana
  • † Melanopsis balatonensis (Cossmann, 1909)
  • † Melanopsis banatica Jekelius, 1944
  • † Melanopsis bandeli Schütt, 1988
  • † Melanopsis barthai Bandel, 2000
  • † Melanopsis bartolinii Capellini, 1873
  • † Melanopsis bergeroni Stefanescu, 1896
  • † Melanopsis bicoronata Brusina, 1884
  • † Melanopsis bleunardi Porumbaru, 1881
  • † Melanopsis bonelli Manzoni, 1870
  • † Melanopsis bouei Férussac, 1823
  • † Melanopsis brachyptycha Neumayr, 1880
  • † Melanopsis braueri Neumayr in Neumayr & Paul, 1875
  • † Melanopsis breastensis Stefanescu, 1896
  • Melanopsis brevicula Pallary, 1918[8]
  • † Melanopsis brongniarti Locard, 1883
  • † Melanopsis brusinai Lörenthey, 1902
  • Melanopsis buccinoidea (Olivier, 1801)[9]
  • † Melanopsis buccinulum
  • † Melanopsis bukovaci Brusina, 1902
  • † Melanopsis camptogramma Brusina, 1876
  • † Melanopsis capreniensis Fontannes, 1887
  • † Melanopsis carasiensis Jekelius, 1944
  • † Melanopsis cari Pavlović, 1927
  • Melanopsis cariosa (Linnaeus, 1767)[9]
  • † Melanopsis carusi (Brusina, 1902)
  • † Melanopsis caryota Brusina, 1902
  • Melanopsis cerithiopsis
  • Melanopsis chlorotica Pallary, 1921[10]
  • † Melanopsis cikosi Brusina, 1902
  • † Melanopsis citharella Merian, 1849
  • † Melanopsis clava Sandberger, 1875
  • † Melanopsis clavigera Neumayr in Neumayr & Paul, 1875
  • † Melanopsis coaequata
  • † Melanopsis cognata Brusina, 1878
  • † Melanopsis confusa Strausz, 1941
  • † Melanopsis conoidea Pană, 2003
  • † Melanopsis constricta Brusina, 1878
  • † Melanopsis corici Neubauer, Mandic, Harzhauser & Hrvatović, 2013
  • † Melanopsis coronata Brusina, 1878
  • † Melanopsis correcta Stefanescu, 1896
  • Melanopsis costata (Olivier, 1804)[9]
  • † Melanopsis cotrocenensis Cobălcescu, 1883
  • † Melanopsis covurluensis Cobălcescu, 1883
  • † Melanopsis croatica Brusina, 1884
  • † Melanopsis cvijici Brusina, 1902
  • † Melanopsis cylindrica (Stoliczka, 1862)
  • † Melanopsis dalmatina Brusina, 1884
  • † Melanopsis decollata Stoliczka, 1862
  • † Melanopsis defensa Fuchs, 1870
  • † Melanopsis delessei Tournouër, 1875
  • † Melanopsis depereti Boistel, 1898
  • † Melanopsis dianaeformis Andrusov, 1909
  • † Melanopsis dichtli Handmann, 1882
  • † Melanopsis doriae Issel, 1865
  • † Melanopsis draghiceniani Cobălcescu, 1883
  • Melanopsis dufouri
  • † Melanopsis eleis Oppenheim, 1891
  • † Melanopsis elophila Pallary, 1925
  • † Melanopsis entzi
  • † Melanopsis esperioides Stefanescu, 1896
  • Melanopsis etrusca Brot, 1862[11]
  • † Melanopsis eulimopsis Brusina, 1902
  • † Melanopsis euphrosinae (Cobălcescu, 1883)
  • † Melanopsis eurystoma Neumayr in Neumayr & Paul, 1875
  • † Melanopsis faberi Brusina, 1884
  • † Melanopsis fallax Pantanelli, 1886
  • † Melanopsis fateljensis Neubauer, Mandic & Harzhauser, 2014
  • Melanopsis ferussaci
  • † Melanopsis filifera Neumayr, 1880
  • † Melanopsis fossilis (Gmelin, 1791) - late Neogene
  • † Melanopsis freybergi Kühn, 1951
  • † Melanopsis friedeli Brusina, 1885
  • † Melanopsis fritzei Thomä, 1845
  • Melanopsis frustulum Morelet, 1857
  • † Melanopsis fuchsi Handmann, 1882
  • † Melanopsis fusulatina Sacco, 1895
  • † Melanopsis gearyae Neubauer, Harzhauser, Georgopoulou, Mandic & Kroh, 2014
  • † Melanopsis geniculata Brusina, 1874
  • † Melanopsis gersondei Willmann, 1981
  • † Melanopsis glandicula Sandberger, 1875
  • † Melanopsis gorceixi Tournouër, 1875
  • † Melanopsis graciosa Seninski, 1905
  • † Melanopsis granum Calvert & Neumayr, 1880
  • † Melanopsis guernei Brusina, 1902
  • † Melanopsis handmanniana
  • † Melanopsis hantkeni Hofmann, 1870
  • † Melanopsis harpula Neumayr in Neumayr & Paul, 1875
  • † Melanopsis hastata Neumayr in Neumayr & Paul, 1875
  • † Melanopsis haueri Handmann, 1882
  • † Melanopsis hennersdorfensis Fischer, 1993
  • † Melanopsis hranilovici Brusina, 1897
  • † Melanopsis hybostoma Brusina, 1874
  • † Melanopsis impressa Krauss, 1852
  • † Melanopsis incerta Férussac, 1823
  • † Melanopsis inconstans Neumayr, 1869
  • † Melanopsis inermis Handmann, 1882
  • † Melanopsis inexspectata Willmann, 1981
  • † Melanopsis involuta Handmann, 1882
  • † Melanopsis irregularis Handmann, 1882
  • † Melanopsis karici Pavlović, 1903
  • † Melanopsis katzeri Brusina, 1904
  • † Melanopsis kleinii Kurr, 1856
  • † Melanopsis klerici Brusina, 1893
  • † Melanopsis kotschyi Philippi, 1847
  • † Melanopsis krambergeri Brusina, 1884
  • † Melanopsis kupensis Fuchs, 1870
  • † Melanopsis kurdica Brusina, 1902
  • † Melanopsis laevigata (Lamarck, 1792)
  • † Melanopsis lanceolata Neumayr in Neumayr & Paul, 1875
  • † Melanopsis langhofferi Pavlović, 1927†
  • † Melanopsis lanzaeana Brusina, 1874†
  • † Melanopsis laubrierei
  • † Melanopsis lebedai Lueger, 1980
  • † Melanopsis lepavinensis Brusina, 1897†
  • Melanopsis letourneuxi Bourguignat, 1880[12]
  • † Melanopsis lomnickii Wenz, 1928
  • † Melanopsis longa Deshayes in Férussac, 1851
  • † Melanopsis longirostris Pallary, 1920
  • Melanopsis lorcana
  • † Melanopsis lorentheyi Andrusov, 1909
  • † Melanopsis lorioli Locard, 1893
  • † Melanopsis lozanici Brusina, 1893
  • † Melanopsis lucanensis Neubauer in Neubauer et al., 2011
  • † Melanopsis lyrata Neumayr, 1869
  • † Melanopsis macrosculpturata
  • † Melanopsis magna Lubenescu, 1985
  • Melanopsis magnifica Bourguignat, 1884[13]
  • † Melanopsis magyari Neubauer, Harzhauser, Georgopoulou, Mandic & Kroh, 2014
  • † Melanopsis major Férussac, 1823
  • † Melanopsis mariei Crosse, 1869
  • † Melanopsis medinae Neubauer, Mandic, Harzhauser & Hrvatović, 2013
  • † Melanopsis metochiana Pavlović, 1932
  • † Melanopsis minotauri Willmann, 1980
  • † Melanopsis mitraeformis Andrusov, 1909
  • † Melanopsis moesiensis Jekelius, 1944
  • † Melanopsis mojsisovicsi (Neumayr, 1880)
  • Melanopsis mourebeyensis Pallary, 1921[14]
  • † Melanopsis multiformis
  • † Melanopsis narzolina d'Archiac in Viquesnel, 1846
  • † Melanopsis nesici Brusina, 1893
  • † Melanopsis neumayri Tournouër, 1874
  • † Melanopsis nobilis Seninski, 1905
  • † Melanopsis obediensis
  • † Melanopsis obsoleta Fuchs, 1873
  • † Melanopsis ogerieni Locard, 1883
  • † Melanopsis olivula Grateloup, 1838
  • † Melanopsis oltszakadatensis Halaváts, 1914
  • † Melanopsis onusta Stefanescu, 1896
  • † Melanopsis onychia Brusina, 1874
  • † Melanopsis orientalis Bukowski, 1892
  • † Melanopsis oroposi Papp, 1979
  • † Melanopsis ovosimilis Willmann, 1981
  • † Melanopsis ovularis
  • † Melanopsis oxycantha Brusina, 1902
  • † Melanopsis pachecoi Royo Gómez, 1922
  • † Melanopsis papkesiensis Bandel, 2000
  • † Melanopsis paradoxa (Brusina, 1892)
  • Melanopsis parreyssii (Philippi, 1847)[9] - synonym: Melanopsis hungarica Kormos, 1904[15]
  • † Melanopsis paulovici Bourguignat, 1880
  • † Melanopsis pavlovici Brusina, 1902
  • † Melanopsis pedemontana Sacco, 1889
  • † Melanopsis pentagona Brusina, 1892
  • † Melanopsis pergamena Calvert & Neumayr, 1880
  • † Melanopsis petkovici Pavlović, 1931
  • Melanopsis pechinatii
  • † Melanopsis petrovici Brusina, 1893
  • † Melanopsis pleuroplagia (Bourguignat, 1880)
  • † Melanopsis pleurotomoides Pavlović, 1927
  • † Melanopsis plicatella Neumayr, 1880
  • † Melanopsis plicatula Brusina, 1874
  • † Melanopsis porumbari Porumbaru, 1881
  • † Melanopsis posterior Papp, 1953
  • Melanopsis praemorsa (Linnaeus, 1758) - type species[9]
  • Melanopsis propheatarum
  • † Melanopsis protopygmaea Halaváts, 1914
  • † Melanopsis pseudoaustriaca Sauerzopf, 1952
  • † Melanopsis pseudobesa Bandel, 2000
  • † Melanopsis pseudocostata Oppenheim, 1891
  • † Melanopsis pseudoimpressa
  • † Melanopsis pseudopygmaea Jekelius, 1944
  • † Melanopsis pseudoscalaria Sandberger, 1886
  • † Melanopsis pterochila Brusina, 1874
  • † Melanopsis pumila (Brusina, 1902)
  • † Melanopsis pusilla Handmann, 1882
  • † Melanopsis pygmaea Hörnes, 1856
  • † Melanopsis pyrum Neumayr in Neumayr & Paul, 1875
  • † Melanopsis rarinodosa (Brusina, 1892)
  • † Melanopsis recurrens Brusina, 1874
  • † Melanopsis retusa Brusina, 1904
  • † Melanopsis revelata Pallary, 1920
  • † Melanopsis rhodanica Locard, 1883†
  • † Melanopsis rifi Ahuir, 2014
  • † Melanopsis rudis Brusina, 1902
  • † Melanopsis rumana Tournouër, 1880
  • † Melanopsis sabolici Brusina, 1902
  • Melanopsis saharica Bourguignat, 1864[16]
  • † Melanopsis sandbergeri Neumayr, 1869
  • Melanopsis saulcyi
  • † Melanopsis scalariformis Papp, 1953
  • Melanopsis scalaris Gassies, 1856[17]
  • † Melanopsis scansoria Stefanescu, 1896
  • † Melanopsis scripta Fuchs, 1870
  • † Melanopsis senatoria Handmann, 1887
  • † Melanopsis seninskii Wenz, 1928
  • † Melanopsis serbica Brusina, 1893
  • † Melanopsis serchensis Vidal, 1874 - from Maastrichtian[18]
  • Melanopsis sharhabili Bandel, 2000
  • † Melanopsis simulata Pallary, 1925
  • † Melanopsis sinjana Brusina, 1874
  • † Melanopsis sinzowi Brusina, 1885
  • † Melanopsis slavonica Neumayr in Neumayr & Paul, 1875
  • † Melanopsis soceni Jekelius, 1944
  • † Melanopsis sodalis
  • † Melanopsis soldaniana Pantanelli, 1879
  • † Melanopsis sostarici Brusina, 1897
  • † Melanopsis soubeirani Porumbaru, 1881
  • † Melanopsis spinicostata Rolle, 1860
  • † Melanopsis spinigera Seninski, 1905
  • † Melanopsis spiridioni Pallary, 1916
  • † Melanopsis sporadum Tournouër, 1876
  • † Melanopsis strangulata Brusina, 1902
  • † Melanopsis striata Handmann, 1887
  • † Melanopsis stricturata Brusina, 1892
  • † Melanopsis sturi
  • † Melanopsis subangulosa Sandberger, 1875
  • † Melanopsis subbuccinoides d'Orbigny, 1851
  • Melanopsis subgraëllsiana Bourguignat, 1864[19]
  • † Melanopsis subpraerosa Andrusov, 1909
  • † Melanopsis subpyrum Penecke, 1886
  • † Melanopsis substricturata (Jekelius, 1944)
  • † Melanopsis suskalovici Pavlović, 1903
  • † Melanopsis tenuiplicata Neumayr, 1880
  • † Melanopsis tihanyensis
  • † Melanopsis timacensis Živković, 1893
  • † Melanopsis tinnyensis Wenz, 1919
  • † Melanopsis tortispina Papp, 1953
  • Melanopsis tricarinata
  • † Melanopsis trivortiana Locard, 1883
  • † Melanopsis trojana Hoernes, 1877
  • † Melanopsis trstenjaki Brusina, 1884
  • † Melanopsis tuberculata Pavlović, 1927
  • Melanopsis turgida Pallary, 1927[20]
  • † Melanopsis turislavica Jekelius, 1944
  • † Melanopsis turriformis
  • † Melanopsis valdeci Brusina, 1902
  • † Melanopsis vandeveldi Bukowski, 1892
  • † Melanopsis varicosa Handmann, 1882
  • † Melanopsis vilicici Brusina, 1902
  • † Melanopsis vindobonensis Fuchs, 1870
  • † Melanopsis viquesneli Pavlović, 1932
  • † Melanopsis visianiana Brusina, 1874
  • † Melanopsis vitalisi Strausz, 1942
  • † Melanopsis vitezovici Brusina, 1902
  • † Melanopsis vitzoui Porumbaru, 1881
  • † Melanopsis vrcinensis Neubauer, Harzhauser, Georgopoulou, Mandic & Kroh, 2014
  • Melanopsis wagneri
  • † Melanopsis wolfgangfischeri Neubauer, Harzhauser, Kroh, Georgopoulou & Mandic, 2014
  • † Melanopsis zitteli Neumayr, 1869
  • † Melanopsis zujovici Brusina, 1893

(Extinct taxa indicated by a dagger, †.)

Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. ↑ Férussac (1807). Essai Méth. Conch., page 70; Férussac (1822). H.N. g. et p. Moll., Tabl. gén., xxxiv.
  2. ↑ IUCN (2015). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015-4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 26 January 2016.
  3. 1 2 Rosenberg, G. (2014). Melanopsis Férussac, 1807. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=519395 on 2014-11-10
  4. ↑ (Czech) Pek I., Vašíček Z., Roček Z., Hajn V. & Mikuláš R. (1996). Základy zoopaleontologie. Olomouc, 264 pp., ISBN 80-7067-599-3.
  5. ↑ 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 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
  6. 1 2 Powell, A.W.B. (1979): New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand. ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  7. ↑ Van Damme D. & Ghamizi M. (2007). Melanopsis arbalensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <http://www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 26 June 2011.
  8. ↑ Van Damme D. & Ghamizi M. (2007). Melanopsis brevicula. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <http://www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 26 June 2011.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 "Species in genus Melanopsis (n=5). AnimalBase, accessed 26 June 2011.
  10. ↑ Van Damme D. & Ghamizi M. (2007). Melanopsis chlorotica. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <http://www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 26 June 2011.
  11. ↑ Cianfanelli S. (2010). Melanopsis etrusca. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <http://www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 26 June 2011.
  12. ↑ Van Damme D. & Ghamizi M. (2007). Melanopsis letourneuxi. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <http://www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 26 June 2011.
  13. ↑ Van Damme D. & Ghamizi M. (2007). Melanopsis magnifica. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <http://www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 26 June 2011.
  14. ↑ Van Damme D. & Ghamizi M. (2007). Melanopsis mourebeyensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <http://www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 26 June 2011.
  15. ↑ Feher Z. (2010). Melanopsis parreyssii. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <http://www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 26 June 2011.
  16. ↑ Van Damme D. & Ghamizi M. (2007). Melanopsis saharica. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <http://www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 26 June 2011.
  17. ↑ Van Damme D. & Ghamizi M. (2007). Melanopsis scalaris. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <http://www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 26 June 2011.
  18. ↑ 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.
  19. ↑ Van Damme D. & Ghamizi M. (2007). Melanopsis subgraëllsiana. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <http://www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 26 June 2011.
  20. ↑ Van Damme D. & Ghamizi M. (2007). Melanopsis turgida. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <http://www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 26 June 2011.
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