Melanella

Melanella
Melanella martinii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropda
Group Ptenoglossa
Superfamily: Eulimoidea
Family: Eulimidae
Genus: Melanella
Bowdich, 1822
Synonyms
  • Balcis Leach, 1847
  • Eulima (Balcis)
  • Eulimaustra Laseron, 1955
  • Melanella (Balcis)
  • Melanella (Melanella) Bowdich, 1822

Melanella is a genus of very small ectoparasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Eulimidae.[1]

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) the following species with accepted names are included within the genus Melanella [1]

Melanella martinii, abapertural view
Three shells of Melanella solidula

The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database also includes the following species with names in current use [2]

  • Melanella australiensis (Thiele, 1930)
  • Melanella campyla (Watson, 1883)
  • Melanella carneola (Gould, 1861 in 1859-61)
  • Melanella cunaeformis (May 1915)
  • Melanella curvata (A. Adams, 1861-b)
  • Melanella dentaliopsis (A. Adams, 1861-b)
  • Melanella flexa (A. Adams, 1861-b)
  • Melanella flexuosa (A. Adams in H. & A. Adams, 1853–58)
  • Melanella grandis (A. Adams, 1854 in H. & A. Adams, 1853-58)
  • Melanella labiosa (Sowerby II, 1834-b)
  • Melanella lactea (A. Adams, 1854-i)
  • Melanella musta (Yokoyama, 1928)
  • Melanella nivea (A. Adams, 1861): species inquerendum
  • Melanella oblonga (Boettger)
  • Melanella peronellicola (Kuroda & Habe, 1950-d)
  • Melanella pinguicula (A. Adams, 1861)
  • Melanella reclinata (A. Adams, 1861)
  • Melanella scitula (A. Adams, 1861-b)
  • Melanella semitorta (A. Adams, 1861-b)
  • Melanella stenostoma (A. Adams, 1861-b)
  • Melanella stylata (A. Adams, 1861-b)
  • Melanella valida (A. Adams, 1861-b)
  • Melanella venusta (Pease, 1868-b)
Species brought into synonymy

References

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  1. 1 2 Gofas, S. (2011). Melanella Bowdich, 1822. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137978 on 20 May 2011
  2. OBIS : Melanella
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