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 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 (Mühlfeld, 1824)
  • 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 hypsela (Verrill & Bush, 1900)
  • 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

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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