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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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