Melanella
| Melanella | |
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| Melanella martinii | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropda Group Ptenoglossa |
| Superfamily: | Eulimoidea |
| Family: | Eulimidae |
| Genus: | Melanella Bowdich, 1822 |
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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 abida Dall, 1927
- Melanella abreojosensis Bartsch, 1917
- Melanella acicula (Gould, 1849)
- Melanella aciculata (Pease, 1861)
- Melanella acuformis (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1875)
- Melanella adamantina (de Folin, 1867)
- Melanella aequatorialis (Thiele, 1925)
- Melanella aethiopica (Thiele, 1925)
- Melanella aethria (Melvill, 1918)
- Melanella alayoi Espinosa, Ortea & Magana, 2001
- Melanella alba (da Costa, 1778)
- Melanella alertae (Dell, 1956)
- Melanella alfredensis Bartsch, 1915
- Melanella algoensis E. A. Smith, 1901
- Melanella amabilis (Brazier, 1877)
- Melanella ameliae Engl, 2007
- Melanella anachorea Dall, 1927
- Melanella angulata (A. Adams, 1861)
- Melanella antarctica (Strebel, 1908)
- Melanella archeyi (Finlay, 1928)
- Melanella arleyi Espinosa, Ortea & Magana, 2001
- Melanella atlantica (E. A. Smith, 1890)
- Melanella attenuata (Sowerby II, 1866)
- Melanella aucklandica (Suter, 1909)
- Melanella augur (Angas, 1865)
- Melanella aurata Hirase, 1920
- Melanella baldra Bartsch, 1917
- Melanella becki (Turton, 1932)
- Melanella bermudezi Pilsbry & Aguayo, 1933
- Melanella borealis (Bartsch, 1915)
- Melanella boscheineni Engl, 2004
- Melanella boscii (Payraudeau, 1826)
- Melanella bovicornu (Pilsbry, 1905)
- Melanella brevis (Requien, 1848)
- Melanella brunnimaculata (Kay, 1979)
- Melanella bryani Pilsbry, 1918
- Melanella callistemma Dall, 1927
- Melanella catalinensis Bartsch, 1917
- Melanella chariessa (Verrill, 1884)
- Melanella charissa (Verrill, 1884) : misspelling of Melanella chariessa (Verrill, 1884)
- Melanella chrysallida (A. Adams, 1861)
- Melanella chydaea (Watson, 1883)
- Melanella cifara Bartsch, 1915
- Melanella cinca Dall, 1927
- Melanella clavula (A. Adams, 1861)
- Melanella compactilis (Monterosato, 1884)
- Melanella conoidea (Kurtz & Stimpson, 1851)
- Melanella convexa (Smith, 1907)
- Melanella corintonis (Hertlein & Strong, 1951)
- Melanella cosmia Bartsch, 1917
- Melanella costellata (Dautzenberg& Fischer H., 1897)
- Melanella cumingi (A. Adams, 1854)
- Melanella cunaeformis (May, 1915)
- Melanella cuspidata (A. Adams, 1851)
- Melanella debilis (A. Adams, 1861)
- Melanella decagyra (Melvill & Standen, 1903)
- Melanella decipiens (Hedley, 1899)
- Melanella densicostata Bouchet & Warén, 1986
- Melanella doederleini (Brusina, 1886)
- Melanella draconis Bartsch, 1917
- Melanella dufresnii Bowdich, 1822
- Melanella eburnea (A. Adams, 1861)
- Melanella elenensis (Bartsch, 1924)
- Melanella elsa Thiele, 1930
- Melanella eulimoides (C. B. Adams, 1850)
- Melanella exasperata (Preston, 1905)
- Melanella exilis (Pease, 1863)
- Melanella exulata (Smith, 1915)
- Melanella falcata (Carpenter, 1865)
- Melanella fasciata (Watson, 1883)
- Melanella frielei (Jordan, 1895)
- Melanella gagei Bouchet & Warén, 1986
- Melanella glypta Bouchet & Warén, 1986
- Melanella gracilis (C. B. Adams, 1850)
- Melanella gradata (Cotton & Godfrey, 1932)
- Melanella grippi (Bartsch, 1917)
- Melanella guenteri Engl, 2004
- Melanella guildingii (A. Adams, 1854)
- Melanella hadalis Knudsen, 1964
- Melanella halia Bartsch, 1917
- Melanella haloraphe (Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1896)
- Melanella hastata (Sowerby I, 1834)
- Melanella hebes (Watson, 1883)
- Melanella hemphilli Bartsch, 1917
- Melanella ima Pilsbry, 1918
- Melanella indica'' (Preston, 1905)
- Melanella insculpta Bouchet & Warén, 1986
- Melanella iotoides Bartsch, 1916
- Melanella ira Dall, 1927
- Melanella jeffreysii (Tryon, 1886)
- Melanella junieri Espinosa, Ortea & Magana, 2006
- Melanella kahoolawensis Pilsbry, 1917
- Melanella kanaka (Pilsbry, 1917)
- Melanella karolinae Engl, Winfried, 2006
- Melanella kawamurai (Kuroda & Habe, 1950)
- Melanella kermadecensis W. R. B. Oliver, 1915
- Melanella lastra Bartsch, 1917
- Melanella laurae (Friele, 1886)
- Melanella letsonae (Pilsbry, 1917)
- Melanella levantina (Oliverio, Buzzurro & Villa, 1994)
- Melanella lubrica (Monterosato, 1890)
- Melanella lucida (Verrill, 1884)
- Melanella luminosa Marshall, 1997
- Melanella lunata Pilsbry, 1917
- Melanella lutea Rodrigez Garcia del Castillo, 2000
- Melanella magnifica (Bartsch, 1915)
- Melanella maoria (Powell, 1940)
- Melanella maracuya Espinosa, Ortea & Magana, 2001
- Melanella martinii (A. Adams in Sowerby, 1854)
- Melanella martynjordani (Jordan, 1895)
- Melanella marviva Espinosa, Ortea, & Magaña, 2006
- Melanella maui (Dell, 1952)
- Melanella medipacifica (Pilsbry, 1917)
- Melanella micans (Carpenter, 1865)
- Melanella microsculpta Bouchet & Warén, 1986
- Melanella mimus Pilsbry, 1918
- Melanella minor (Pallary, 1904)
- Melanella modesta Thiele, 1930
- Melanella montereyensis Bartsch, 1917
- Melanella muelleriae (Sturany, 1904)
- Melanella mundula (A. Adams, 1861)
- Melanella myriotrochi Bouchet & Warén, 1986
- Melanella nilae Engl, Winfried, 2006
- Melanella nisonida (Melvill, 1906)
- Melanella nutans (Mühlfeld, 1824)
- Melanella obtusa (Laseron, 1955)
- Melanella obtusoapicata Bouchet & Warén, 1986
- Melanella ochsneri (Bartsch, 1917)
- Melanella odontoidea (A. Adams, 1861)
- Melanella ogasawarana (Pilsbry, 1905)
- Melanella oleacea (Kurtz & Stimpson, 1851)
- Melanella olssoni (Bartsch, 1924)
- Melanella opaca (Sowerby II, 1865)
- Melanella opalina (Monterosato MS, Marshall, 1901)
- Melanella ophiodon Dall, 1927
- Melanella orphanensis Clarke A.H., 1974
- Melanella orthophyes (Sturany, 1903)
- Melanella otagoensis (Powell, 1927)
- Melanella oxyacme (Suter, 1908)
- Melanella oxytata (Watson, 1883)
- Melanella pandata (A. Adams, 1861)
- Melanella parallela Dall, 1927
- Melanella paxillus (Hedley, 1904)
- Melanella peninsularis (Bartsch, 1917)
- Melanella penna Dall, 1927
- Melanella pernula (Monterosato, 1890)
- Melanella perplexa Oliver, 1915
- Melanella persimilis (Kuroda & Habe in Kuroda et al., 1971)
- Melanella perversa (Bush, 1909)
- Melanella petitiana (Brusina, 1869)
- Melanella pisinna Rehder, 1980
- Melanella planisutis Bouchet & Warén, 1986
- Melanella polita (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Melanella praecurta (Pallary, 1904)
- Melanella producta (Carpenter, 1863)
- Melanella pseudoglabra (Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1912)
- Melanella puhana (Dell, 1956)
- Melanella pyramidalis (A. Adams, 1854 in H. & A. Adams 1853-58)
- Melanella retexta (Carpenter, 1863)
- Melanella reticulata Bouchet & Warén, 1986
- Melanella retrorsa (Sowerby, 1865)
- Melanella richardi (Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1896)
- Melanella robusta (A. Adams, 1861)
- Melanella roegerae (Cotton & Godfrey, 1932)
- Melanella rubrotincta (Jeffreys, 1867)
- Melanella salvadori Castellanos, Rolán & Bartolotta, 1987
- Melanella sankurieae Engl, 2004
- Melanella sansibarica (Thiele, 1925)
- Melanella sarissa (Watson, 1883)
- Melanella sarsi (Bush, 1909)
- Melanella scarifata Gofas & Rueda, 2014
- Melanella seguenzai Di Geronimo & La Perna, 1999
- Melanella shibana (Yokoyama, 1927)
- Melanella siberutensis (Thiele, 1925)
- Melanella similior Bouchet & Warén, 1986
- Melanella sinuosa (Scacchi, 1836)
- Melanella solida (Sowerby II, 1865)
- Melanella solidula (Adams & Reeve, 1850)
- Melanella soliduloides (Habe, 1951)
- Melanella solitaria (Smith, 1915)
- Melanella spina (Boettger, 1893)
- Melanella spinosa Oliver, 1915
- Melanella spiridioni (Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1896)
- Melanella stalioi (Brusina, 1869)
- Melanella stamina Dall, 1927
- Melanella subantarctica (Strebel, 1908)
- Melanella subula (A. Adams, 1861)
- Melanella teinostoma (A. Adams, 1853)
- Melanella teramachii (Habe, 1952)
- Melanella thalia Bartsch, 1915
- Melanella thersites (Carpenter, 1864)
- Melanella tia (Bartsch, 1926)
- Melanella tortuosa (Adams & Reeve, 1850)
- Melanella townsendi Bartsch, 1917
- Melanella translucens (Monterosato, 1890)
- Melanella trunca (Watson, 1897)
- Melanella truncata (Suter, 1908)
- Melanella tumidula (Thiele, 1912)
- Melanella turbonilloides Bouchet & Warén, 1986
- Melanella turrita Bouchet & Warén, 1986
- Melanella vegrandis (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
- Melanella versa Dall, 1927
- Melanella xiphidiopsis (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1896)
- Melanella yamazii (Habe, 1952)
- Melanella zugnigae Espinosa, Ortea & Magana, 2001
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
- Subgenus Melanella (Balcis) accepted as Melanella Bowdich, 1822
- Subgenus Melanella (Melanella) Bowdich, 1822 accepted as Melanella Bowdich, 1822
- Melanella acanthyllis (Watson, 1886): synonym of Hemiliostraca acanthyllis (Watson, 1883)
- Melanella acerrima (Watson, 1883): synonym of Eulima acerrima Watson, 1883
- Melanella aciculata [sic] (Gould in Sowerby, 1866) misspelling of [[Melanella acicula]] (Gould, 1849)
- Melanella acuta (Sowerby I, 1834): synonym of Hypermastus acutus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)
- Melanella amblytera (Verrill & Bush, 1900): synonym of Polygireulima amblytera (Verrill & Bush, 1900)
- Melanella anomala (Laseron, 1955): synonym of Melanella aciculata (Pease, 1861)
- Melanella atypha (Verrill & Bush, 1900): synonym of Eulima atypha Verrill & Bush, 1900
- Melanella breviuscula (Dunker, 1875): synonym of Eulima breviuscula Dunker, 1875
- Melanella bryani (Pilsbry, 1917): synonym of Melanella aurata Hirase, 1920
- Melanella candida (Marrat, 1880): synonym of Melanella martinii (A. Adams in Sowerby, 1854)
- Melanella chascanon (Watson, 1883): synonym of Eulima chascanon Watson, 1883
- Melanella chaunax (Watson, 1883): synonym of Eulima chaunax Watson, 1883
- Melanella clypeastericola (Habe, 1976): synonym of Clypeastericola clypeastericola (Habe, 1976)
- Melanella columbiana (Bartsch, 1917): synonym of Vitreolina columbiana (Bartsch, 1917)
- Melanella compsa (Verrill & Bush, 1900): synonym of Eulima compsa Verrill & Bush, 1900
- Melanella conoidalis (Sowerby, 1865): synonym of Melanella cumingi (A. Adams, 1851)
- Melanella corrida Dall, 1927: synonym of Melanella abida Dall, 1927
- Melanella crosseana (Brusina, 1886): synonym of Eulima crossei (Brusina, 1886)
- Melanella cylindrata (Watson, 1883): synonym of Eulima cylindrata Watson, 1883
- Melanella dilecta E. A. Smith, 1899: synonym of Parvioris dilecta (E. A. Smith, 1899)
- Melanella engonia (Verrill & Bush, 1900): synonym of Eulima hypsela Verrill & Bush, 1900
- Melanella fuscopunctata (E. A. Smith, 1890): synonym of Sticteulima fuscopunctata (E. A. Smith, 1890)
- Melanella gomphus (Watson, 1883): synonym of Eulima gomphus Watson, 1883
- Melanella helena Thiele, 1930: synonym of Melanella aciculata (Pease, 1861)
- Melanella hians (Watson, 1883): synonym of Eulima hians Watson, 1883
- Melanella hyalina (Watson, 1883): synonym of Eulima hyalina Watson, 1883
- Melanella hypsela (Verrill & Bush, 1900): synonym of Eulima hypsela Verrill & Bush, 1900
- Melanella inconspicua (Watson, 1897): synonym of Eulima inconspicua Watson, 1897
- Melanella indeflexa (A. Adams, 1861): synonym of Melanella dufresnei (Bodwich, 1822)
- Melanella inflata (Tate & May 1901): synonym of Apicalia inflata (Tate & May 1901)
- Melanella inflexa (Blainville, 1825): synonym of Melanella dufresnii Bowdich, 1822
- Melanella intermedia (Cantraine, 1835): synonym of Melanella polita (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Melanella jamaicensis (C. B. Adams, 1845): synonym of Melanella eburnea (Mühlfeld, 1824)
- Melanella jeffreysi (Tryon, 1886): synonym of Melanella platyacme (Sykes, 1903)
- Melanella kuronamako (Habe, 1952): synonym of Melanella aciculata (Pease, 1861)
- Melanella kyurokusimensis Nomura & Hatai, 1960: synonym of Melanella odontoidea (A. Adams, 1861)
- Melanella lampra Melvill, 1918: synonym of Oceanida lampra (Melvill, 1918)
- Melanella laseroni Hedley, 1916: synonym of Melanella solitaria (E. A. Smith, 1915)
- Melanella latipes (Watson, 1883): synonym of Eulima latipes Watson, 1883
- Melanella legrandi (Beddome, 1883): synonym of Eulima legrandi Beddome, 1883
- Melanella lineata (Monterosato, 1869): synonym of Fusceulima lineata (Monterosato, 1869)
- Melanella luchuana (Pilsbry, 1901): synonym of Melanella cuspidata (A. Adams, 1851)
- Melanella macra Bartsch, 1917: synonym of Vitreolina macra (Bartsch, 1917)
- Melanella mabutii Nomura & Hatai, 1935: synonym of Parvioris fulvescens (A. Adams, 1866)
- Melanella mamilla (May 1915): synonym of Eulima mamilla May, 1915
- Melanella mayi (Tate, 1900): synonym of Melanella augur (Angas, 1865)
- Melanella modicella (Adams, 1854): synonym of Eulima modicella Adams, 1854
- Melanella montageuana (Iredale, 1914): synonym of Eulima montageuana Iredale, T. 1914
- Melanella montebelloensis (Iredale, 1914): synonym of Subularia montebelloensis Iredale, T. 1914, synonym of Melanella attenuata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1866)
- Melanella monterosatoi (Monterosato, 1890): synonym of Melanella pyramidalis (Sowerby II, 1866)
- Melanella murrayae (Cotton & Godfrey, 1932): synonym of Melanella augur (Angas, 1865)
- Melanella nitens (Brazier, 1877): synonym of Eulima nitens Brazier, 1876: synonym of Parvioris nitens (Brazier, 1876)
- Melanella orthopleura (Tate, 1898): synonym of Melanella augur (Angas, 1865)
- Melanella planicincta (Cotton & Godfrey, 1932): synonym of Melanella augur (Angas, 1865)
- Melanella platyacme (Sykes, 1903): synonym of Melanella jeffreysii (Tryon, 1886)
- Melanella polygyra (Adams, 1851): synonym of Eulima politissima Newton, 1895
- Melanella proxima (Sowerby, 1866): synonym of Melanella augur (Angas, 1865)
- Melanella psila (Watson, 1883): synonym of Eulima psila Watson, 1883
- Melanella schoutanica (May 1915): synonym of Eulima schoutanica May, 1915; synonym of Sabinella schoutanica (May, 1916)
- Melanella solida (Sowerby, 1865): synonym of Melanella platyacme (Sykes, 1903)
- Melanella solidula (Adams and Reeve, 1850): synonym of Melanella lubrica (Monterosato, 1890)
- Melanella tenisoni (Tryon, 1886): synonym of Eulima tenisoni Tryon, 1886
- Melanella thaanumi Pilsbry, 1917: synonym of Eulima major G.B. Sowerby, 1834
- Melanella tryoni (Tate & May 1900): synonym of Eulima tryoni Tate & May, 1900, synonym of Apicalia tryoni (Tate & May, 1900)
- Melanella vafra Pilsbry, 1917: synonym of Parvioris saccata (Boettger, 1893)
- Melanella victoriae (Gatliff & Gabriel, 1914): synonym of Eulima victoriae Gatliff & Gabriel, 1914
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- ↑ OBIS : Melanella
- Bowdich, T.E. 1822. Elements of Conchology, including the fossil genera and animals. Part 1. Univalves. Paris : Smith pp. i-xi, 14-73, index 1-3, 19 pls, 2 tables.
- Leach, 1847 [in Gray] Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 20: 271; Placed on the Official List by Opinion 1739, 1993, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 50(3): 242
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- Warén A. (1984) A generic revision of the family Eulimidae (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). Journal of Molluscan Studies suppl. 13: 1-96. page(s): 54
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213