Melanopsis impressa Krauss 1852 (snail)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Melanopsidae

Alternative combination: Melanopsis (Lyrcaea) impressa

Synonym: Melanopsis hantkeni Hofmann 1870

Belongs to Melanopsis according to M. Harzhauser 2004

See also Harzhauser 2002 and Harzhauser and Mandic 2001

Sister taxa: Melanopsis (Canthidomus), Melanopsis (Lyrcaea), Melanopsis ancillaroides, Melanopsis angulata, Melanopsis bouei, Melanopsis callosa, Melanopsis clavigera, Melanopsis corici, Melanopsis cuisiensis, Melanopsis cvijici, Melanopsis dufourii, Melanopsis fuchsi, Melanopsis fusulatina, Melanopsis geniculata, Melanopsis lanzaeana, Melanopsis lucanensis, Melanopsis lyrata, Melanopsis medinae, Melanopsis mojsisovicsi, Melanopsis narzolina, Melanopsis praerosa, Melanopsis sodalis

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Miocene of Austria (8 collections), the Czech Republic (1), Germany (7), Greece (1), Poland (1)

• Oligocene of Austria (2), Greece (1), Hungary (1), Turkey (3)

Total: 25 collections each including a single occurrence

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