Melanopsis (Genus)

Overview

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

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

Description

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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

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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 P?r?s, 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 subgra?llsiana 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, ?.)

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 subgra?llsiana 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

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^ F?russac (1807). Essai M?th. Conch., page 70; F?russac (1822). H.N. g. et p. Moll., Tabl. g?n., xxxiv.
^ (in Czech) Pek I., Va??cek Z., Rocek Z., Hajn. V. & Mikul? R.: Z?klady zoopaleontologie. Olomouc, 1996. 264 pp., ISBN 80-7067-599-3.
^ Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., Fr?da J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Vald?s ?. & War?n 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c Powell, A.W.B. (1979): New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand. ISBN 0-00-216906-1
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Species in genus Melanopsis (n=5). AnimalBase, accessed 26 June 2011.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ Van Damme D. & Ghamizi M. (2007). Melanopsis subgra?llsiana. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 26 June 2011.
^ 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.

Taxonomy

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The Genus Melanopsis is further organized into finer groupings including:

Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 159 species and subspecies in the Genus Melanopsis: M. acanthicus · M. acicularis · M. acutula · M. aetolica · M. affinis · M. algerica · M. algerica scalaris · M. amabilis · M. ancillaroides · M. arbalensis · M. attenuata · M. attenuata minor · M. barbini · M. barbini plicata · M. bedei · M. bicarinata · M. bouei · M. brachymorpha · M. brachymorpha major · M. brasiliensis · M. brevicula · M. brevis · M. browni · M. buccinoidea · M. buccinoides · M. bumbeensis · M. callosa · M. carinata · M. cariosa · M. ceardi · M. cesari · M. cesari zonata · M. chlorotica · M. cingulatus · M. cornea · M. costata · M. costellata · M. coupha · M. crenocarina · M. denegabilis · M. derregabilis · M. doriae · M. douttei · M. douttei decorata · M. douttei laevis · M. douttei minor · M. douttei peronata · M. dufourei · M. dufouri · M. dufouri etrusca · M. dufourii · M. dufourii etrusca · M. dumbecusis · M. dumbeensis · M. edrissiana · M. edrissiana pulchella · M. esperi · M. etrusca · M. excoriata · M. eximia · M. fasensis · M. fasensis minor · M. ferussaci · M. foleyi · M. foleyi minor · M. fossilis · M. foureaui · M. fouri · M. frustulum · M. fusiformis · M. gorceixi · M. graelsii · M. guiroai · M. heliophila · M. humorosa · M. impresa · M. impressa · M. inconspicua · M. inconspicua major · M. jordanica · M. jordanicensis · M. kleini · M. laevigata · M. laevigata costulata · M. letourneuxi · M. letourneuxi emaciata · M. letourneuxi mattarica · M. leucostoma · M. lineolatus · M. liocephala · M. liocephala villica · M. lirata · M. locarnus · M. lorcana · M. magnifica · M. magnifica berkanensis · M. magnifica concolor · M. magnifica expansa · M. magnifica ingens · M. magnifica laevis · M. magnifica oranensis · M. magnifica serira · M. malanostoma · M. maresi · M. marocana · M. marocana major · M. marocana media · M. martelli · M. martelli laevis · M. martiniana · M. mellalensis · M. mingnelica · M. modica · M. mohammedi · M. mourebeyensis · M. nodosa · M. ovata · M. ovula · M. ovula laevis · M. pachya · M. parreyssi · M. parreyssii · M. penchinati · M. percarinata · M. pleuroplagia · M. pracrosa ferussaci · M. praemorsa · M. praemorsa buccinoidea · M. praemorsa jordanica · M. praemorsa turbinata · M. praerosa · M. praerosa buccinoides · M. prophetarum · M. pseudo ferussaci · M. pseudoferussacii · M. pseudoferussacii minor · M. ricardi · M. rossmassleri · M. saharica · M. saulcyi · M. sauleyi · M. scalaris · M. scalaris arbalensis · M. sevillensis · M. sobriewskii · M. sodalis · M. subgra?llsiana · M. thermalis · M. tingitana · M. torquilla · M. tricarinata · M. tricarinata dufourii · M. tricarinata tricarinata · M. trifasciata · M. truncata · M. turgida · M. turkmenica · M. vespertina · M. wagneri

References

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^ F?russac (1807). Essai M?th. Conch., page 70; F?russac (1822). H.N. g. et p. Moll., Tabl. g?n., xxxiv.
^ (in Czech) Pek I., Va??cek Z., Rocek Z., Hajn. V. & Mikul? R.: Z?klady zoopaleontologie. Olomouc, 1996. 264 pp., ISBN 80-7067-599-3.
^ Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., Fr?da J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Vald?s ?. & War?n 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c Powell, A.W.B. (1979): New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand. ISBN 0-00-216906-1
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Species in genus Melanopsis (n=5). AnimalBase, accessed 26 June 2011.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ Van Damme D. & Ghamizi M. (2007). Melanopsis scalaris. In: IUCN 2011. I UCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 26 June 2011.
^ 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.
^ Van Damme D. & Ghamizi M. (2007). Melanopsis subgra?llsiana. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 26 June 2011.
^ 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.

Footnotes

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^ Powell (1979) p130
^ Powell (1979) p130
^ Powell (1979) p130

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