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Melanopsidae
Sign in to saveMelanopsidae, common name melanopsids, is a family of freshwater gastropods in the clade Sorbeoconcha. Species in this family are native to southern and eastern Europe, northern Africa, parts of the Middle East, New Zealand, and freshwater streams of some large South Pacific islands.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderCaenogastropoda incertae sedis
- FamilyMelanopsidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 35
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Melanopsidae
- Collections
- LACM, YPM, AM, TMAG, QM, MAGNT
- Recorded in
- United States, Hungary, Unknown Or Invalid, Austria, Indonesia, New Caledonia, France, New Zealand
Wikidata facts
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Mesogastropoda
- Image
- Fagotia wuesti Bavel Foto TM.png
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- Melanopsidae
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- Melanopsidae
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- topic's main category
- Category:Melanopsidae
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Melanopsidae, common name melanopsids, is a family of freshwater gastropods in the clade Sorbeoconcha. Species in this family are native to southern and eastern Europe, northern Africa, parts of the Middle East, New Zealand, and freshwater streams of some large South Pacific islands.
These snails first appeared in the Late Cretaceous 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Melanopsidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.