Melanopsis is a genus of freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Melanopsidae.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
The genus first appeared in the Cretaceous. Pek I., Vašíček Z., Roček Z., Hajn V. & Mikuláš R. (1996). Základy zoopaleontologie. Olomouc, 264 pp., .
Melanopsis is the type genus of the family Melanopsidae.
Distribution These snails are found in southern Europe, North Africa, Asia Minor, New Caledonia and New Zealand.Powell, A.W.B. (1979): New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand.
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.
Species
Species within the genus Melanopsis include:
† Melanopsis aaronsohni Blanckenhorn in Blanckenhorn & Oppenheim, 1927 † † Melanopsis abbreviata Brusina, 1874 Melanopsis abichi Calvert & Neumayr, 1880 † Melanopsis acanthica Neumayr, 1869 † Melanopsis acanthicoides Hoernes, 1877 † Melanopsis acuta Handmann, 1882 † Melanopsis aetolica Neumayr, 1876 † Melanopsis affinis Férussac, 1819 Melanopsis ahuiri Ahuir, 2014 † Melanopsis ajkaensis Tausch, 1886 † Melanopsis alutensis Stefanescu, 1896 Melanopsis ammonis Tristram, 1865 † Melanopsis anceps Gaudry & Fischer in Gaudry, 1867 † Melanopsis ancillaroidesDeshayes, 1825 Melanopsis andrussowi Brusina, 1885 † Melanopsis angulata Neumayr, 1880 † Melanopsis anili Taner, 1997 † Melanopsis anistratenkoi Neubauer, Harzhauser, Georgopoulou, Mandic & Kroh, 2014 † Melanopsis antediluviana(Poiret, 1801) Melanopsis arbalensis Pérès, 1939 † Melanopsis arsinovi Brusina, 1902 † Melanopsis astathmeta Brusina, 1897 † Melanopsis astrapaea Brusina, 1876 † Melanopsis atanasiui Schoverth, 1953 † Melanopsis austriaca Handmann, 1882 † Melanopsis avellana F. Sandberger, 1870 † 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 † Melanopsis brongniarti Locard, 1883 † Melanopsis brusinai Lörenthey, 1902 Melanopsis buccinoidea (Olivier, 1801) † Melanopsis buccinulum Melleville, 1843 † Melanopsis bukovaci Brusina, 1902 † Melanopsis camptogramma Brusina, 1876 † Melanopsis capreniensis Fontannes, 1887 † Melanopsis carasiensis Jekelius, 1944 † Melanopsis cari Pavlović, 1927 Melanopsis cariosa (Linnaeus, 1767) † Melanopsis carusi (Brusina, 1902) † Melanopsis caryota Brusina, 1902 Melanopsis cerithiopsis Melanopsis chlorotica Pallary, 1921 † 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) † Melanopsis cotrocenensis Cobălcescu, 1883 † Melanopsis covurluensis Cobălcescu, 1883 † Melanopsis croatica Brusina, 1884 † Melanopsis cuisiensis Dominici & Kowalke, 2014 † 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 A. Férussac, 1822 † Melanopsis eleis Oppenheim, 1891 † Melanopsis elophila Pallary, 1925 † Melanopsis entziBrusina, 1902: synonym of †Melanopsis fuchsi Handmann, 1882 (junior synonym) † Melanopsis esperioides Stefanescu, 1896 Melanopsis etrusca Brot, 1862 † 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 glaubrechti Neubauer & Harzhauser in Neubauer et al., 2015 † 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 heliophila Bourguignat, 1884 † 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 isabelae Ahuir, 2016 † 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 Carez, 1880 † Melanopsis lebedai Lueger, 1980 † Melanopsis lepavinensis Brusina, 1897† Melanopsis letourneuxi Bourguignat, 1880 † Melanopsis lomnickii Wenz, 1928 † Melanopsis longa Deshayes in Férussac, 1851 † Melanopsis longirostris Pallary, 1920 Melanopsis lorcana Guirao, 1854 † 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 Papp, 1953 † Melanopsis magna Lubenescu, 1985 Melanopsis magnifica Bourguignat, 1884 † Melanopsis magyari Neubauer, Harzhauser, Georgopoulou, Mandic & Kroh, 2014 † Melanopsis major Férussac, 1823 † Melanopsis mariei Crosse, 1869 † Melanopsis medinae Neubauer, Mandic, Harzhauser & Hrvatović, 2013 (unaccepted, junior synonym) † Melanopsis metochiana Pavlović, 1932 † Melanopsis minotauri Willmann, 1980 † Melanopsis mitraeformis Andrusov, 1909 † Melanopsis moesiensis Jekelius, 1944 † Melanopsis mojsisovicsi (Neumayr, 1880) Melanopsis mourebeyensis Pallary, 1921 † 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 Watelet, 1853 † Melanopsis oxycantha Brusina, 1902 † Melanopsis pachecoi Royo Gómez, 1922 † Melanopsis papkesiensis Bandel, 2000 † Melanopsis paradoxa (Brusina, 1892) Melanopsis parreyssii (Philippi, 1847) - synonym: Melanopsis hungarica Kormos, 1904 † 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 pechinati Bourguignat, 1868 † 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 praecursor Schütt in Schütt & Ortal, 1993 Melanopsis praemorsa (Linnaeus, 1758) - type species"Species in genus Melanopsis (n=5). AnimalBase, accessed 26 June 2011. † 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 † Melanopsis salamei Alhejoj & Bandel, 2013 † Melanopsis sandbergeri Neumayr, 1869 Melanopsis saulcyi Bourguignat, 1853 † Melanopsis scalariformis Papp, 1953 Melanopsis scalaris Gassies, 1856 † 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 MaastrichtianBandel 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. 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 Deshayes, 1862 † 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 (unaccepted, rank changed) Melanopsis suarezi Ahuir, 2016 † Melanopsis subangulosa Sandberger, 1875