Melanopsis

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Melanopsis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Subclass: Orthogastropoda Infraclass: Apogastropoda Order: Sorbeoconcha Suborder: Cerithiimorpha Superfamily: Cerithioidea Family: Melanopsidae Genus: Melanopsis
Species
See text.

Melanopsis is a genus of freshwater gastropod molluscs in the family Melanopsidae.

Contents 1 Distribution 2 Description 3 Species 4 Footnotes 5 References

[edit] Distribution

They are found in southern Europe, North Africa, Asia Minor, New Caledonia and New Zealand.^[1]

[edit] Description

Shells are ovate, with a short spire, and the body whorl large and elongated. The outer lip is thin, but the inner lip has a smooth parietal callus, thickened into a pad over the parietal wall.^[2]

[edit] Species

• Melanopsis aetolica †^{[verification needed]}
• Melanopsis ajkaensis †^{[verification needed]}
• Melanopsis ammonis
• Melanopsis anceps †^{[verification needed]}
• Melanopsis ancillaroides †^{[verification needed]}
• Melanopsis antediluviana †^{[verification needed]}
• Melanopsis avellana †^{[verification needed]}
• Melanopsis bonelli †^{[verification needed]}
• Melanopsis brevis
• Melanopsis buccinoidea (fossil)
• Melanopsis buccinulum †^{[verification needed]}
• Melanopsis cariosa
• Melanopsis cerithiopsis
• Melanopsis coaequata †^{[verification needed]}
• Melanopsis costata^{[verification needed]}
• Melanopsis cylindrica †^{[verification needed]}
• Melanopsis delessi †^{[verification needed]}
• Melanopsis dufouri
• Melanopsis eleis †^{[verification needed]}
• Melanopsis entzi †^{[verification needed]}
• Melanopsis etrusca
• Melanopsis ferussaci
• Melanopsis fossilis †^{[verification needed]}
• 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 lorcana
• Melanopsis macrosculpturata †^{[verification needed]}
• Melanopsis magnifica
• Melanopsis mourebeyensis
• Melanopsis multiformis (fossil)
• Melanopsis narzolina †^{[verification needed]}
• Melanopsis obediensis (fossil)
• Melanopsis ovularis †^{[verification needed]}
• Melanopsis oxycantha †^{[verification needed]}
• Melanopssi pareyssi
• Melanopsis pechinatii
• Melanopsis petrovici †^{[verification needed]}
• Melanopsis praemorsa
• Melanopsis propheatarum
• Melanopsis pseudoimpressa †^{[verification needed]}
• Melanopsis pygmaea †^{[verification needed]}
• Melanopsis saulcyi
• Melanopsis sodalis †^{[verification needed]}
• Melanopsis sturi †^{[verification needed]}
• Melanopsis tihanyensis †^{[verification needed]}
• Melanopsis tricarinata
• Melanopsis trifasciata Gray, 1843^[3]
• Melanopsis turriformis (fossil)
• Melanopsis vindobonensis †^{[verification needed]}
• Melanopsis wagneri

[edit] Footnotes

[edit] References

• Powell, A.W.B. (1979): New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand. ISBN 0-00-216906-1