Melanella
Melanella is a genus of very small ectoparasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Eulimidae.[1]
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| Melanella candida | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Eulimidae |
| Genus: | Melanella Bowdich, 1822 |
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Species
According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) the following species are recognised in the genus Melanella[1]
- 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 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
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 curvata (A. Adams, 1861-b)
- Melanella dentaliopsis (A. Adams, 1861-b)
- Melanella flexa (A. Adams, 1861-b)
- Melanella labiosa (Sowerby II, 1834-b)
- Melanella musta (Yokoyama, 1928)
- Melanella nivea (A. Adams, 1861): species inquirenda
- Melanella oblonga (Boettger)
- 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)
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Melanella.
- 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
- OBIS : Melanella
- 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
External links
- 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
- Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1847) 15: 129-219
- Laseron, C. 1955. Revision of the New South Wales eulimoid shells. The Australian Zoologist 12(2): 83–107, pls 1–3, figs 1–78 [85–86, 101] [Euliamaustra is an alternative original spelling (p. 85); spelling Eulimaustra selected by First Reviser action by McMichael & Whitley, 1961, The Marine Zoologist, 1(8): 124]
- Serge GOFAS, Ángel A. LUQUE, Joan Daniel OLIVER,José TEMPLADO & Alberto SERRA (2021) - The Mollusca of Galicia Bank (NE Atlantic Ocean); European Journal of Taxonomy 785: 1–114
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