Fauna Europaea : Taxon Details

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Taxonomy

Accepted name		Melanopsis A. Ferussac 1807

Taxonomic rank		Genus

Taxonomic status		valid

Taxonomic comment

Nomenclature and Synonyms

Genus group name(s)

Melanopsis A. Ferussac 1807 [Genus]

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Taxonomic Hierarchy

Rank	Name
Kingdom	Animalia
Subkingdom	Eumetazoa
Phylum	Mollusca
Class	Gastropoda
Subclass	Orthogastropoda
Superorder	Caenogastropoda
Order	Neotaenioglossa
Superfamily	Cerithoidea
Family	Melanopsidae
Subfamily	Melanopsinae
Genus	*Melanopsis*
Species	buccinoidea
Species	cariosa
Species	etrusca
Species	lorcana
Species	parreyssii
Species	penchinati
Species	praemorsa
Species	tricarinata

Species

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Distribution

Experts

Name	Fauna Europaea status
Bank, Ruud A.	group coordinator
Bank, Ruud A.	taxonomic specialist

References

Accepted name:

Melanopsis A. Ferussac 1807

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