Melanopsidae, common name melanopsids, is a

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of freshwater gastropods in the clade Sorbeoconcha. Species in this family are native to southern and eastern

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, and freshwater streams of some large South Pacific islands. These snails first appeared in the

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and are closely related to Potamididae. As well as unidirectional evolutionary change from one species to the next over time, the process of hybridization plays a major role in the appearance of new Melanopsidae species.Bandel K. (2000). "Speciation among the Melanopsidae (Caenogastropoda). Special emphasis to the Melanopsidae of the Pannonian Lake at Pontian time (Late Miocene) and the Pleistocene and Recent of Jordan". ''Mitt. Geol.-Paläont. Inst. Univ. Hamburg'', Heft 84. According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) the family Melanopsidae has no subfamilies.

Genera

Genera in the family Melanopsidae include: * '' Esperiana'' - synonym: '' Fagotia'' Bourguignat, 1884 * '' Holandriana'' - synonym: '' Amphimelania'' P. Fischer, 1885 ** '' Holandriana holandrii'' or '' Amphimelania holandrii'' * † '' Megalonoda'' * '' Melanopsis'' - type genus of the family MelanopsidaeGlöer P. (2002). ''Die Süßwassergastropoden Nord- und Mitteleuropas''. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands, ConchBooks, Hackenheim, 326 pp., , page 190-194. * '' Microcolpia'' * † '' Pseudobellardia'' "Melanopsidae"

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, accessed 26 June 2011. * † '' Pseudofagotia'' * † '' Stomatopsis'' * † '' Stilospirula'' - synonyms: ''Stylospirula'' Rovereto, 1899 * † '' Turripontica'' Neubauer, Thomas A. (2017). ''Turripontica'' Anistratenko, 1993 †. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=820490 on 2017-11-26 * '' Zemelanopsis'' 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". ''

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** '' Zemelanopsis trifasciata''

References

External links

Thomas A. Neubauer - "A nomenclator of extant and fossil taxa of the Melanopsidae (Gastropoda, Cerithioidea)" ; 2016, ZooKeys
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