Marine Species Traits - Melanopsis (Melanopsis) pterochila Brusina, 1874 †

FreshGEN name details

Melanopsis (Melanopsis) pterochila Brusina, 1874 †

AphiaID

825673 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:825673)

Classification

Status

alternative representation

Accepted name

Melanopsis pterochila Brusina, 1874 †

Rank

Species

Parent

Melanopsis (Melanopsis) A. Férussac, 1807 represented as Melanopsis A. Férussac, 1807

Original name

Melanopsis pterochila Brusina, 1874 †

Direct children (4)

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Subspecies Melanopsis (Melanopsis) pterochila breastensis Stefanescu, 1896 † accepted as Melanopsis breastensis Stefanescu, 1896 † (unaccepted > superseded rank)
Subspecies Melanopsis (Melanopsis) pterochila onychia Brusina, 1874 † accepted as Melanopsis onychia Brusina, 1874 † (unaccepted > superseded rank)
Subspecies Melanopsis (Melanopsis) pterochila pterochila Brusina, 1874 † accepted as Melanopsis pterochila pterochila Brusina, 1874 † (subgenus is a junior synonym)
Subspecies Melanopsis (Melanopsis) pterochila scansorie [sic] † accepted as Melanopsis scansoria Stefanescu, 1896 † (incorrect subsequent spelling; superseded rank)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

(of Melanopsis pterochila Brusina, 1874 †) Brusina, S. (1874). Fossile Binnen-Mollusken aus Dalmatien, Kroatien und Slavonien nebst einem Anhange. Actienbuchdruckerei, Agram. , available online at https://archive.org/details/fossilebinnenmo00brusgoog
page(s): 30-31, pl. 1, figs 5-6 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Melanopsis (Melanopsis) pterochila Brusina, 1874 †. Accessed through: Neubauer, T.A.; Harzhauser, M.; Kroh, A.; Georgopoulou, E.; Mandic, O. (2014) Freshwater Gastropods of the European Neogene database (FreshGEN) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/freshgen/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=825673 on 2025-05-15

Thematic species database citation

Neubauer, T.A.; Harzhauser, M.; Kroh, A.; Georgopoulou, E.; Mandic, O. (2014). Freshwater Gastropods of the European Neogene database (FreshGEN). Melanopsis (Melanopsis) pterochila Brusina, 1874 †. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/freshgen/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=825673 on 2025-05-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2014-11-13 12:56:45Z

created

Neubauer, Thomas A.

2017-05-18 06:18:17Z

changed

Neubauer, Thomas A.

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Sources (2)

original description (of Melanopsis pterochila Brusina, 1874 †) Brusina, S. (1874). Fossile Binnen-Mollusken aus Dalmatien, Kroatien und Slavonien nebst einem Anhange. Actienbuchdruckerei, Agram. , available online at https://archive.org/details/fossilebinnenmo00brusgoog
page(s): 30-31, pl. 1, figs 5-6 [details]

basis of record Pană, I.; Enache, C.; Andreescu, I. (1981). Fauna de moluște a depozitelor cu ligniți din Oltenia. Institutul de cercetări, inginerie tehnologică și proiectări miniere pentru lignit, Craiova, 276 pp.
page(s): 115 [details] Available for editors

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