Melanella

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Genus of gastropods

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::summary Genus of gastropods ::

| image = Melanella candida 002.jpg | image_caption = Melanella candida | taxon = Melanella | authority =Bowdich, 1822 | synonyms =

  • Balcis Leach, 1847
  • Euliamaustra Laseron, 1955
  • Eulima (Balcis)
  • Eulimaustra Laseron, 1955
  • Melanella (Balcis)
  • Melanella (Melanella) Bowdich, 1822

Melanella is a genus of very small ectoparasitic sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Eulimidae.

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Melanella: | Melanella abida | Dall, 1927 | Melanella acanthyllis | (R. B. Watson, 1883) | Melanella acicula | (A. Gould, 1849) | Melanella aciculata | (Pease, 1861) | Melanella acuformis | (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1875) | Melanella adamantina | (de Folin, 1867) | Melanella adiastalta | Souza, Pimenta & J. Barros, 2021 | Melanella aequatorialis | (Thiele, 1925) | Melanella aethiopica | (Thiele, 1925) | Melanella aethria | (Melvill, 1918) | Melanella agulhasensis | (Thiele, 1925) | Melanella alba | (da Costa, 1778) | Melanella alertae | (Dell, 1956) | Melanella alfredensis | Bartsch, 1915 | Melanella algoensis | (E. A. Smith) | Melanella amabilis | (Brazier, 1877) | Melanella amblia | (R. B. Watson, 1883) | Melanella amblytera | (Verrill & Bush, 1900) | Melanella ameliae | Engl, 2007 | Melanella anachorea | Dall, 1927 | Melanella anapetes | Souza, Pimenta & J. Barros, 2021 | Melanella antarctica | (Strebel, 1908) | Melanella archeyi | (Finlay, 1928) | † Melanella arenularia | (Gougerot in Perreau, 1969) | Melanella arleyi | Espinosa, Ortea & Magaña, 2001 | Melanella atlantica | (E. A. Smith, 1890) | Melanella attenuata | (G. B. Sowerby II, 1866) | Melanella aucklandica | (Suter, 1909) | Melanella augur | (Angas, 1865) | † Melanella badenia | (Laws, 1939) | Melanella baldra | Bartsch, 1917 | Melanella becki | (Turton, 1932) | Melanella bipartita | (Mörch, 1859) | Melanella borealis | (Bartsch, 1917) | Melanella boscheineni | Engl, 2004 | Melanella boscii | (Payraudeau, 1826) | Melanella bovicornu | (Pilsbry, 1905) | Melanella breviuscula | (Dunker, 1875) | Melanella brunnimaculata | (Kay, 1979) | Melanella bryani | Pilsbry, 1918 | Melanella callistemma | Dall, 1927 | Melanella candida | (Marrat, 1880) | Melanella catalinensis | Bartsch, 1917 | Melanella chariessa | (Verrill, 1884) | Melanella chydaea | (Watson, 1883) | Melanella cifara | Bartsch, 1915 | Melanella clavula | (A. Adams, 1861) | † Melanella collator | (Laws, 1944) | Melanella compactilis | (Locard, 1891) | Melanella conoidalis | (G. B. Sowerby II, 1865) | Melanella conoidea | (Kurtz & W. Stimpson, 1851) | Melanella convexa | (E. A. Smith, 1907) | Melanella corintonis | (Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1951) | Melanella cosmia | Bartsch, 1917 | Melanella costellata | (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1897) | Melanella cumingii | (A. Adams, 1854) | Melanella cunaeformis | (May, 1915) | Melanella cuspidata | (A. Adams, 1854) | Melanella cyclopia | Scuderi, Tisselli & Micali, 2022 | Melanella cylindrica | (Thiele, 1925) | Melanella debilis | (A. Adams, 1861) | Melanella decagyra | (Melvill & Standen, 1903) | Melanella decipiens | (Hedley, 1899) | Melanella densicostata | Bouchet & Warén, 1986 | † Melanella distorta | (Defrance, 1823) | Melanella doederleini | (Brusina, 1886) | Melanella draconis | Bartsch, 1917 | † Melanella dubusi | (Cossmann & Pissarro, 1902) | Melanella dufresnii | Bowdich, 1822 | Melanella eburnea | (Megerle von 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 | (E. A. Smith, 1915) | Melanella falcata | (Carpenter, 1865) | Melanella fasciata | (R. B. Watson, 1883) | Melanella flexuosa | (A. Adams, 1854) | Melanella frielei | (H. K. Jordan, 1895) | Melanella gagei | Bouchet & Warén, 1986 | † Melanella geoffreyi | (Laws, 1936) | Melanella glypta | Bouchet & Warén, 1986 | Melanella gracilis | (C. B. Adams, 1850) | Melanella gradata | (Cotton & Godfrey, 1932) | Melanella grandis | (A. Adams, 1853) | Melanella gratiosa | (Thiele, 1925) | Melanella grippi | (Bartsch, 1917) | Melanella guenteri | Engl, 2004 | Melanella hadalis | Knudsen, 1964 | Melanella halia | Bartsch, 1917 | Melanella halorhaphe | (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896) | Melanella hastata | (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834) | Melanella hebes | (R. B. Watson, 1883) | Melanella hemphilli | Bartsch, 1917 | Melanella hians | (R. B. Watson, 1883) | Melanella hypsela | (Verrill & K. J. 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 jucunda | (Thiele, 1925) | Melanella junieri | Espinosa, Ortea & Magaña, 2006 | † Melanella kaiparaensis | (Laws, 1939) | Melanella kanaka | Pilsbry, 1917 | Melanella karolinae | Engl, 2006 | Melanella kermadecensis | W. R. B. Oliver, 1915 | Melanella kuronamako | (Habe, 1952) | Melanella lactea | (A. Adams, 1854) | Melanella lastra | Bartsch, 1917 | Melanella laurae | (Friele, 1886) | † Melanella lautoides | Finlay & Marwick, 1937 | Melanella letsonae | Pilsbry, 1917 | Melanella levantina | (Oliverio, Buzzurro & R. Villa, 1994) | Melanella lubrica | (Monterosato, 1890) | Melanella luchuana | (Pilsbry, 1901) | Melanella lucida | (A. E. Verrill, 1884) | Melanella luminosa | B. A. Marshall, 1997 | Melanella lunata | Pilsbry, 1918 | Melanella magnifica | (Bartsch, 1915) | Melanella major | (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834) | Melanella mamilla | (May, 1915) | Melanella maoria | (Powell, 1940) | Melanella martarum | Souza, Asorey & Sellanes, 2024 | Melanella martinii | (A. Adams, 1854) | Melanella martynjordani | (H. K. Jordan, 1895) | Melanella marviva | Espinosa, Ortea & Magaña, 2006 | Melanella maui | (Dell, 1952) | Melanella micans | (P. P. Carpenter, 1865) | Melanella microsculpta | Bouchet & Warén, 1986 | Melanella mimus | Pilsbry, 1918 | Melanella minor | (Pallary, 1904) | Melanella modesta | (Thiele, 1925) | Melanella modesta | Thiele, 1930 | Melanella montereyensis | Bartsch, 1917 | Melanella monterosatoi | (Monterosato, 1890) | Melanella muelleriae | (Sturany, 1903) | Melanella mundula | (A. Adams, 1861) | Melanella myriotrochi | Bouchet & Warén, 1986 | Melanella nilae | Engl, 2006 | Melanella nisonida | (Melvill, 1906) | Melanella obtusa | (Laseron, 1955) | Melanella obtusoapicata | Bouchet & Warén, 1986 | Melanella ochsneri | Bartsch, 1917 | Melanella odontoidea | (A. Adams, 1861) | Melanella ogasawarana | (Pilsbry, 1905) | Melanella oldroydae | Bartsch, 1917 | Melanella oleacea | (Kurtz & W. Stimpson, 1851) | Melanella olssoni | (Bartsch, 1924) | Melanella opaca | (G. B. Sowerby II, 1865) | Melanella opalina | (J. T. Marshall, 1901) | Melanella ophiodon | Dall, 1927 | Melanella orientalis | Agamennone, Micali & Siragusa, 2020 | Melanella orphanensis | A. H. Clarke, 1974 | Melanella orthophyes | (Sturany, 1903) | Melanella otagoensis | (Powell, 1927) | Melanella oxyacme | (Suter, 1908) | Melanella oxytata | (R. B. Watson, 1883) | Melanella pandata | (A. Adams, 1861) | Melanella paraabida | Souza, Pimenta & J. Barros, 2021 | Melanella parallela | Dall, 1927 | † Melanella parviapertura | Landau, La Perna & Marquet, 2006 | † Melanella patutahiensis | Marwick, 1931 | Melanella paxillus | (Hedley, 1904) | Melanella peninsularis | Bartsch, 1917 | Melanella penna | Dall, 1927 | † Melanella pepediazi | Landau, La Perna & Marquet, 2006 | Melanella perplexa | W. R. B. Oliver, 1915 | Melanella persimilis | (Kuroda & Habe, 1971) | Melanella petitiana | (Brusina, 1869) | Melanella pisinna | Rehder, 1980 | Melanella planisutis | Bouchet & Warén, 1986 | † Melanella plioiberica | Landau, La Perna & Marquet, 2006 | Melanella polita | (Linnaeus, 1758) | † Melanella polygyra | (Charlesworth, 1851) | † Melanella pontilis | P. A. Maxwell, 1992 | Melanella praecurta | (Pallary, 1904) | Melanella producta | (P. P. Carpenter, 1863) | Melanella pseudoglabra | (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1912) | Melanella puhana | (Dell, 1956) | Melanella reticulata | Bouchet & Warén, 1986 | Melanella retrorsa | (G. B. Sowerby II, 1865) | † Melanella retusa | (Pezant, 1911) | Melanella richardi | (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896) | Melanella robusta | (A. Adams, 1861) | Melanella roegerae | (Cotton & Godfrey, 1932) | Melanella salvadori | Castellanos, Rolán & Bartolotta, 1987 | Melanella sankurieae | Engl, 2004 | Melanella sansibarica | (Thiele, 1925) | Melanella sarissa | (R. B. Watson, 1883) | 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 similis | (d'Orbigny, 1852) | Melanella solida | (G. B. Sowerby II, 1865) | Melanella solidula | (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850) | Melanella soliduloides | (Habe, 1951) | Melanella solitaria | (E. A. Smith, 1915) | † Melanella sororcula | (Wrigley, 1945) | † Melanella sowerbyi | (Newton, 1891) | Melanella spina | (O. Boettger, 1893) | Melanella spinosa | W. R. B. Oliver, 1915 | Melanella spiridioni | (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896) | Melanella stalioi | (Brusina, 1869) | Melanella stamina | Dall, 1927 | Melanella subantarctica | (Strebel, 1908) | † Melanella subemarginata | (Deshayes, 1862) | Melanella subula | (A. Adams, 1861) | † Melanella sulculata | (Wrigley, 1945) | Melanella tanabensis | Takano, Tanaka & Kano, 2019 | Melanella teinostoma | (A. Adams, 1854) | Melanella teramachii | (Habe, 1952) | Melanella thalia | Bartsch, 1915 | Melanella thersites | (P. P. Carpenter, 1864) | Melanella tia | (Bartsch, 1926) | Melanella tortuosa | (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850) | Melanella townsendi | Bartsch, 1917 | Melanella translucens | (Monterosato, 1890) | Melanella trunca | (R. B. Watson, 1897) | Melanella truncata | (Suter, 1908) | Melanella turbonilloides | Bouchet & Warén, 1986 | Melanella turrita | Bouchet & Warén, 1986 | † Melanella tutamoensis | Marwick, 1931 | Melanella variabilis | (Schepman, 1913) | Melanella vegrandis | (Murdoch & Suter, 1906) | Melanella versa | Dall, 1927 | † Melanella waiaotea | (Laws, 1941) | † Melanella waikomitica | (Laws, 1939) | † Melanella wareni | Landau, La Perna & Marquet, 2006 | Melanella yamazii | (Habe, 1952) | Melanella zugnigae | Espinosa, Ortea & Magaña, 2001 ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/Melanella_candida_001.jpg" caption="''Melanella martinii'', abapertural view"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/Melanella_solidula_001.jpg" caption="Three shells of ''Melanella solidula''"] ::

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

References

  • 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
  • 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

References

  1. 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 04 December 2022
  2. [http://clade.ansp.org/obis/search.php/10440 OBIS : Melanella]

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