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⇱ Melanopsidae


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Melanopsidae

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Description

Melanopsidae, common name melanopsids, is a family of freshwater gastropods in the clade Sorbeoconcha. Species in this family are native to southern and eastern Europe, northern Africa, parts of the Middle East, New Zealand, and freshwater streams of some large South Pacific islands.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)2733https://www.gbif.org/species/2733
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)120373https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=120373
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Melanopsidae
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Sorbeoconcha : Melanopsidae
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classGastropodaCuvier 1797
orderSorbeoconchaPonder and Lindberg 1997
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyMelanopsidae(Adams and Adams 1854)
Scientific NameMelanopsidae
Name Published InAdams H. & Adams A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls. [Published in parts: Vol. 1: i-xl (1858), 1-256 (1853), 257-484 (1854). Vol. 2: 1-92 (1854), 93-284 (1855), 285-412 (1856), 413-540 (1857), 541-661 (1858). Vol. 3: pl. 1-32 (1853), 33-96 (1855), 97-112 (1856), 113-128 (1857), 129-138 (1858)].
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Melanopsidaefamilybelongs to Taenioglossastated without evidenceOlsson, 1931
Melanopsidaefamilybelongs to Cerithioideastated with evidencePonder and Warén, 1988
Melanopsidaefamilybelongs to Cerithioideastated without evidenceHarzhauser and Mandic, 2001
Melanopsidaefamilybelongs to Cerithioideastated with evidenceBouchet et al., 2005
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)27
Extant Size (PBDB)7 (26%)
First Recorded Appearance112 - 105 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Environmentfreshwater
Motilityactively mobile (based on Cerithioidea)
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietgrazer (based on Cerithioidea)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Gastropoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)A. A. Olsson. 1931. Contributions to the Tertiary Paleontology of Northern Peru: Part 4, The Peruvian Oligocene. Bulletins of American Paleontology 17(63)
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanopsidae

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
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Amphimelania
genus
listed (PBDB)10.13 Ma
Pleistocene
0 Ma
Extant
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Boggsia
genus
doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Campylostylus
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
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Esperiana
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
10.13 Ma
Pleistocene
0 Ma
Extant
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Fagotia
genus
listed (PBDB)22.59 Ma
Pleistocene
0 Ma
Extant
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Loxotrema
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
2156.0 Ma
Paleocene
47.8 Ma
Eocene
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Megalonoda
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1112 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
112 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
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Melanopsis
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
17583.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
0 Ma
Extant
Mellanella
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
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Microcolpia
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
25.33 Ma
Miocene
0 Ma
Extant
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Morgania
genus
doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
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Pseudobellardia
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
256.0 Ma
Paleocene
56.0 Ma
Paleocene
Pseudofagotia
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Pseudofaunus
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
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Stomatopsis
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
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Stylospirula
genus
listed (PBDB)
Terebripirena
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Turripontica
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Texmelanatria brevis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Texmelanatria contracta
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1931Melanopsidae Olsson p. 85
1988Melanopsidae Ponder and Warén p. 295
1995Melanopsidae Pacaud and Le Renard p. 156
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

References

Olsson A. A. (1931) Contributions to the Tertiary Paleontology of Northern Peru: Part 4, The Peruvian Oligocene, Bulletins of American Paleontology 17 63
Ponder W. F., Warén A. (1988) Appendix: classification of the Caenogastropoda and Heterostropha - a list of the family-group names and higher taxa, Malacological Review Suppl. 4, 288-326
Pacaud J.-M., Le Renard J. (1995) Révision des Mollusques Paléogénes du Bassin de Paris. IV - Liste systématique actualisée, Cossmanniana 3 4, 155-187
Harzhauser M., Mandic O. (2001) Late Oligocene gastropods and bivalves from the Lower and Upper Austrian Molasse Basin, Osterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Schriftenreihe der Erdwissenschaftlichen Komimissionen 14, 671-795
Lozouet P., Lesport J.-F., et al (2001) Révision des Gastropoda (Mollusca) du stratotype de L'Aquitanien (Miocéne inf.) site de Saucats "Lariey", Gironde, France, Cossmanniana 8, 1-189
Harzhauser M. (2002) Marine und brachyhaline Gastropoden aus dem Karpatium des Korneubuger Beckens und der Kreuzstettener Bucht (Österreich, Untermiozän), Beiträge zur Paläontologie 27, 61-159
Harzhauser M. (2004) Oligocene gastropod faunas for the Eastern Mediterranean (Mesohellenic Trough/Greece and Esfahan-Sirjan Basin/Central Iran), Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 248, 93-181
Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P, et al (2005) A nomenclator and classification of gastropod family-group names, Malacologia 47 1-2, 1-368
Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47(1-2): 1-397. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Adams H. & Adams A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls. [Published in parts: Vol. 1: i-xl (1858), 1-256 (1853), 257-484 (1854). Vol. 2: 1-92 (1854), 93-284 (1855), 285-412 (1856), 413-540 (1857), 541-661 (1858). Vol. 3: pl. 1-32 (1853), 33-96 (1855), 97-112 (1856), 113-128 (1857), 129-138 (1858)]. - via World Register of Marine Species
Neiber M. T. & Glaubrecht M. (2019). Melanopsidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854. Pp. 56-61, in: C. Lydeard & C.S. Cummings (eds), Freshwater mollusks of the world. A distribution atlas. 242 pp. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. - via World Register of Marine Species
Bouchet, P., Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47(1-2): 1-397 ISBN 3-925919-72-4. - via World Register of Marine Species
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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