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Melanella Bowdich, 1822 
AphiaID: 137978

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order) > Eulimoidea (Superfamily) > Eulimidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Eulimidae Philippi, 1853
Synonymised
taxa
  Balcis Leach, 1847
Eulima (Balcis)
Eulimaustra Laseron, 1955
Melanella (Balcis)
Melanella (Melanella) Bowdich, 1822
Sources  basis of record: Warén A. (1984) A generic revision of the family Eulimidae (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). Journal of Molluscan Studies suppl. 13: 1-96.
page(s): 54 [details]


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 Species Melanella abida Dall, 1927
Species Melanella acicula (Gould, 1849)
Species Melanella aciculata (Pease, 1861)
Species Melanella aciculata (Gould in Sowerby, 1866)
Species Melanella acuformis (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1875)
Species Melanella aequatorialis (Thiele, 1925)
Species Melanella aethiopica (Thiele, 1925)
Species Melanella aethria (Melvill, 1918)
Species Melanella alayoi Espinosa, Ortea & Magaña, 2001
Species Melanella alba (da Costa, 1778)
Species Melanella alertae (Dell, 1956)
Species Melanella alfredensis Bartsch, 1915
Species Melanella algoensis E. A. Smith, 1901
Species Melanella amabilis (Brazier, 1877)
Species Melanella amblytera (Verrill & Bush, 1900)
Species Melanella ameliae Engl, 2007
Species Melanella anachorea Dall, 1927
Species Melanella angulata (A. Adams, 1861)
Species Melanella antarctica (Strebel, 1908)
Species Melanella archeyi (Finlay, 1928)
Species Melanella arleyi Espinosa, Ortea & Magaña, 2001
Species Melanella atlantica (E. A. Smith, 1890)
Species Melanella attenuata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1866)
Species Melanella atypha (Verrill & Bush, 1900)
Species Melanella aucklandica (Suter, 1909)
Species Melanella augur (Angas, 1865)
Species Melanella aurata Hirase, 1920
Species Melanella baldra Bartsch, 1917
Species Melanella becki (Turton, 1932)
Species Melanella bermudezi Pilsbry & Aguayo, 1933
Species Melanella borealis (Bartsch, 1915)
Species Melanella boscheineni Engl, 2004
Species Melanella boscii (Payraudeau, 1826)
Species Melanella bovicornu (Pilsbry, 1905)
Species Melanella brevis (Requien, 1848)
Species Melanella breviuscula (Dunker, 1875)
Species Melanella brunnimaculata (Kay, 1979)
Species Melanella bryani Pilsbry, 1918
Species Melanella callistemma Dall, 1927
Species Melanella catalinensis Bartsch, 1917
Species Melanella chariessa (A. E. Verrill, 1884)
Species Melanella chascanon (Watson, 1883)
Species Melanella chaunax (Watson, 1883)
Species Melanella chrysallida (A. Adams, 1861)
Species Melanella chydaea (Watson, 1883)
Species Melanella cifara Bartsch, 1915
Species Melanella cinca Dall, 1927
Species Melanella clavula (A. Adams, 1861)
Species Melanella compactilis (Monterosato, 1884)
Species Melanella compsa (Verrill & Bush, 1900)
Species Melanella conoidea (Kurtz & Stimpson, 1851)
Species Melanella convexa (E. A. Smith, 1907)
Species Melanella cosmia Bartsch, 1917
Species Melanella costellata (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1897)
Species Melanella cumingii (A. Adams, 1851)
Species Melanella cuspidata (A. Adams, 1851)
Species Melanella cylindrata (Watson, 1883)
Species Melanella debilis (A. Adams, 1861)
Species Melanella decagyra (Melvill & Standen, 1903)
Species Melanella decipiens (Hedley, 1899)
Species Melanella densicostata Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Species Melanella doederleini (Brusina, 1886)
Species Melanella draconis Bartsch, 1917
Species Melanella dufresnii Bowdich, 1822
Species Melanella eburnea (Mühlfeld, 1824)
Species Melanella elenensis (Bartsch, 1924)
Species Melanella elsa (Thiele, 1930)
Species Melanella eulimoides (C. B. Adams, 1850)
Species Melanella exasperata (Preston, 1905)
Species Melanella exilis (Pease, 1863)
Species Melanella exulata (E. A. Smith, 1915)
Species Melanella falcata (Carpenter, 1865)
Species Melanella fasciata (Watson, 1883)
Species Melanella frielei (Jordan, 1895)
Species Melanella gagei Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Species Melanella glypta Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Species Melanella gomphus (Watson, 1883)
Species Melanella gracilis (C. B. Adams, 1850)
Species Melanella gradata (Cotton & Godfrey, 1932)
Species Melanella grippi (Bartsch, 1917)
Species Melanella guenteri Engl, 2004
Species Melanella guildingii (A. Adams, 1854)
Species Melanella hadalis Knudsen, 1964
Species Melanella halia Bartsch, 1917
Species Melanella haloraphe (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896)
Species Melanella hastata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)
Species Melanella hebes (Watson, 1883)
Species Melanella hemphilli Bartsch, 1917
Species Melanella hians (Watson, 1883)
Species Melanella hyalina (Watson, 1883)
Species Melanella hypsela (Verrill & Bush, 1900)
Species Melanella ima Pilsbry, 1918
Species Melanella inconspicua (Watson, 1897)
Species Melanella indica (Preston, 1905)
Species Melanella insculpta Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Species Melanella iotoides Bartsch, 1916
Species Melanella ira Dall, 1927
Species Melanella junieri Espinosa, Ortea & Magana, 2006
Species Melanella kahoolawensis Pilsbry, 1917
Species Melanella kanaka Pilsbry, 1917
Species Melanella karolinae Engl, 2006
Species Melanella kawamurai (Kuroda & Habe, 1950)
Species Melanella lastra Bartsch, 1917
Species Melanella laurae (Friele, 1886)
Species Melanella letsonae Pilsbry, 1917
Species Melanella lineata (Monterosato, 1869)
Species Melanella lubrica (Monterosato, 1890)
Species Melanella lucida (Verrill, 1884)
Species Melanella luminosa Marshall, 1997
Species Melanella lunata Pilsbry, 1918
Species Melanella lutea Rodrigez Garcia del Castillo, 2000
Species Melanella magnifica (Bartsch, 1915)
Species Melanella maoria (Powell, 1940)
Species Melanella maracuya Espinosa, Ortea & Magaña, 2001
Species Melanella martinii (A. Adams in Sowerby, 1854)
Species Melanella martynjordani (Jordan, 1895)
Species Melanella marviva Espinosa, Ortea & Magaña, 2006
Species Melanella maui (Dell, 1952)
Species Melanella medipacifica (Pilsbry, 1917)
Species Melanella micans (Carpenter, 1865)
Species Melanella microsculpta Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Species Melanella mimus Pilsbry, 1918
Species Melanella minor (Pallary, 1904)
Species Melanella modesta Thiele, 1930
Species Melanella montereyensis Bartsch, 1917
Species Melanella muelleriae (Sturany, 1904)
Species Melanella mundula (A. Adams, 1861)
Species Melanella myriotrochi Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Species Melanella nilae Engl, 2006
Species Melanella nisonida (Melvill, 1906)
Species Melanella nutans (Mühlfeld, 1824)
Species Melanella obtusa (Laseron, 1955)
Species Melanella obtusoapicata Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Species Melanella ochsneri (Bartsch, 1917)
Species Melanella odontoidea (A. Adams, 1861)
Species Melanella ogasawarana (Pilsbry, 1905)
Species Melanella oleacea (Kurtz & Stimpson, 1851)
Species Melanella olssoni (Bartsch, 1924)
Species Melanella opaca (G. B. Sowerby II, 1865)
Species Melanella opalina (Monterosato MS, Marshall, 1901)
Species Melanella ophiodon Dall, 1927
Species Melanella orphanensis A. H. Clarke, 1974
Species Melanella orthophyes (Sturany, 1903)
Species Melanella otagoensis (Powell, 1927)
Species Melanella oxyacme (Suter, 1908)
Species Melanella oxytata (Watson, 1883)
Species Melanella pandata (A. Adams, 1861)
Species Melanella parallela Dall, 1927
Species Melanella paxillus (Hedley, 1904)
Species Melanella peninsularis Bartsch, 1917
Species Melanella penna Dall, 1927
Species Melanella pernula (Monterosato, 1890)
Species Melanella perplexa Oliver, 1915
Species Melanella persimilis (Kuroda & Habe, 1971)
Species Melanella perversa (Bush, 1909)
Species Melanella petitiana (Brusina, 1869)
Species Melanella pisinna Rehder, 1980
Species Melanella planisutis Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Species Melanella platyacme (Sykes, 1903)
Species Melanella polita (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Melanella praecurta (Pallary, 1904)
Species Melanella producta (Carpenter, 1863)
Species Melanella pseudoglabra (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1912)
Species Melanella psila (Watson, 1883)
Species Melanella puhana (Dell, 1956)
Species Melanella pyramidalis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1866)
Species Melanella retexta (Carpenter, 1863)
Species Melanella reticulata Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Species Melanella retrorsa (G. B. Sowerby II, 1865)
Species Melanella richardi (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896)
Species Melanella robusta (A. Adams, 1861)
Species Melanella roegerae (Cotton & Godfrey, 1932)
Species Melanella rubrotincta (Jeffreys, 1867)
Species Melanella salvadori Castellanos, Rolán & Bartolotta, 1987
Species Melanella sankurieae Engl, 2004
Species Melanella sansibarica (Thiele, 1925)
Species Melanella sarissa (Watson, 1883)
Species Melanella sarsi (Bush, 1909)
Species Melanella seguenzai Di Geronimo & La Perna, 1999 †
Species Melanella shibana (Yokoyama, 1927)
Species Melanella siberutensis (Thiele, 1925)
Species Melanella similior Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Species Melanella sinuosa (Scacchi, 1836)
Species Melanella solida (G. B. Sowerby II, 1865)
Species Melanella solidula (Adams & Reeve, 1850)
Species Melanella soliduloides (Habe, 1951)
Species Melanella solitaria (E. A. Smith, 1915)
Species Melanella spina (Boettger, 1893)
Species Melanella spinosa Oliver, 1915
Species Melanella spiridioni (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896)
Species Melanella stalioi (Brusina, 1869)
Species Melanella stamina Dall, 1927
Species Melanella subantarctica (Strebel, 1908)
Species Melanella subula (A. Adams, 1861)
Species Melanella teinostoma (A. Adams, 1851)
Species Melanella teramachii (Habe, 1952)
Species Melanella thalia Bartsch, 1915
Species Melanella thersites (Carpenter, 1864)
Species Melanella tia (Bartsch, 1926)
Species Melanella tortuosa (Adams & Reeve, 1850)
Species Melanella townsendi Bartsch, 1917
Species Melanella translucens (Monterosato, 1890)
Species Melanella trunca (Watson, 1897)
Species Melanella truncata (Suter, 1908)
Species Melanella turbonilloides Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Species Melanella turrita Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Species Melanella vegrandis (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
Species Melanella versa Dall, 1927
Species Melanella xiphidiopsis (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1896)
Species Melanella yamazii (Habe, 1952)
Species Melanella zugnigae Espinosa, Ortea & Magaña, 2001

Species Melanella conica (C. B. Adams, 1850) (species inquirenda)
Species Melanella munda (Smith, 1899) (species inquirenda)
Species Melanella nivea (A. Adams, 1861) (species inquirenda)
Species Melanella opalina (de Folin, 1867) (species inquirenda)
Species Melanella pocahontasae (Henderson & Bartsch, 1914) (species inquirenda)
Species Melanella quadrasi (Boettger, 1893) (species inquirenda)
Species Melanella subtruncata (Thiele, 1925) (species inquirenda)

Species Melanella acrifa Bartsch, 1915 (nomen dubium)

Species Melanella testacea (Leach, 1852) (nomen nudum)

Subgenus Melanella (Balcis) accepted as Melanella Bowdich, 1822
  » Species Melanella (Balcis) berryi Bartsch, 1917 represented as Melanella berryi Bartsch, 1917 accepted as Amamibalcis comoxensis (Bartsch, 1917) (alternate representation)
» Species Melanella (Balcis) catalinensis Bartsch, 1917 represented as Melanella catalinensis Bartsch, 1917 (alternate representation)
» Species Melanella (Balcis) cosmia Bartsch, 1917 represented as Melanella cosmia Bartsch, 1917 (alternate representation)
» Species Melanella (Balcis) draconis Bartsch, 1917 represented as Melanella draconis Bartsch, 1917 (alternate representation)
» Species Melanella (Balcis) elenensis Bartsch, 1924 represented as Melanella elenensis (Bartsch, 1924) (alternate representation)
» Species Melanella (Balcis) grippi Bartsch, 1917 represented as Melanella grippi (Bartsch, 1917) (alternate representation)
» Species Melanella (Balcis) halia Bartsch, 1917 represented as Melanella halia Bartsch, 1917 (alternate representation)
» Species Melanella (Balcis) lastra Bartsch, 1917 represented as Melanella lastra Bartsch, 1917 (alternate representation)
» Species Melanella (Balcis) montereyensis Bartsch, 1917 represented as Melanella montereyensis Bartsch, 1917 (alternate representation)
» Species Melanella (Balcis) peninsularis Bartsch, 1917 represented as Melanella peninsularis Bartsch, 1917 (alternate representation)
» Species Melanella (Balcis) tia Bartsch, 1926 represented as Melanella tia (Bartsch, 1926) (alternate representation)
» Species Melanella (Balcis) townsendi Bartsch, 1917 represented as Melanella townsendi Bartsch, 1917 (alternate representation)
» Species Melanella (Balcis) capa Bartsch, 1926 accepted as Melanella olssoni (Bartsch, 1924)
» Species Melanella (Balcis) columbiana Bartsch, 1917 accepted as Vitreolina columbiana (Bartsch, 1917)
» Species Melanella (Balcis) comoxensis Bartsch, 1917 accepted as Amamibalcis comoxensis (Bartsch, 1917)
» Species Melanella (Balcis) macra Bartsch, 1917 accepted as Vitreolina macra (Bartsch, 1917)
» Species Melanella (Balcis) taravali Bartsch, 1917 accepted as Vitreolina yod (Carpenter, 1857)
Subgenus Melanella (Melanella) Bowdich, 1822 accepted as Melanella Bowdich, 1822
  » Species Melanella (Melanella) dalli Bartsch, 1917 represented as Melanella dalli (Bartsch, 1917) accepted as Melanella cumingii (A. Adams, 1851) (alternate representation)
» Species Melanella (Melanella) hemphilli Bartsch, 1917 represented as Melanella hemphilli Bartsch, 1917 (alternate representation)
» Species Melanella (Melanella) mexicana Bartsch, 1917 represented as Melanella mexicana Bartsch, 1917 accepted as Melanella micans (Carpenter, 1865) (alternate representation)
» Species Melanella (Melanella) oldroydi Bartsch, 1917 represented as Melanella oldroydi Bartsch, 1917 accepted as Melanella micans (Carpenter, 1865) (alternate representation)
» Species Melanella (Melanella) olssoni Bartsch, 1924 represented as Melanella olssoni (Bartsch, 1924) (alternate representation)
» Species Melanella (Melanella) panamensis Bartsch, 1917 represented as Melanella panamensis Bartsch, 1917 accepted as Eulimostraca burragei (Bartsch, 1917) (alternate representation)
» Species Melanella (Melanella) portlandica Bartsch, 1927 represented as Melanella portlandica (Bartsch, 1927) accepted as Eulima thersites Carpenter, 1864 accepted as Melanella thersites (Carpenter, 1864) (alternate representation)
» Species Melanella (Melanella) tacomaensis Bartsch, 1917 represented as Melanella tacomaensis Bartsch, 1917 accepted as Amamibalcis comoxensis (Bartsch, 1917) (alternate representation)
» Species Melanella (Melanella) abrejosensis Bartsch, 1917 accepted as Oceanida abrejosensis (Bartsch, 1917)
» Species Melanella (Melanella) baldra Bartsch, 1917 accepted as Melanella baldra Bartsch, 1917
» Species Melanella (Melanella) micans (Carpenter, 1865) accepted as Melanella micans (Carpenter, 1865)
Species Melanella anceps (Marshall, 1901) accepted as Melanella frielei (Jordan, 1895)
Species Melanella anglica (Sowerby, 1834) accepted as Melanella alba (da Costa, 1778)
Species Melanella anteflexa accepted as Vitreolina antiflexa Monterosato, 1884
Species Melanella apheles (Tenison-Woods, 1879) accepted as Melanella augur (Angas, 1865)
Species Melanella asser Bartsch, 1915 accepted as Fusceulima asser (Bartsch, 1915)
Species Melanella berryi Bartsch, 1917 accepted as Amamibalcis comoxensis (Bartsch, 1917)
Species Melanella bibsae Nowell-Usticke, 1959 accepted as Scalenostoma subulatum (Broderip, 1832)
Species Melanella californica Bartsch, 1917 accepted as Hypermastus randolphi (Vanatta, 1900)
Species Melanella candida (Marrat, 1880) accepted as Melanella martinii (A. Adams in Sowerby, 1854)
Species Melanella capa (Bartsch, 1926) accepted as Melanella olssoni (Bartsch, 1924)
Species Melanella carifa Bartsch, 1915 accepted as Curveulima carifa (Bartsch, 1915)
Species Melanella columbiana Bartsch, 1917 accepted as Vitreolina columbiana (Bartsch, 1917)
Species Melanella compacta (Carpenter, 1864) accepted as Eulima compacta Carpenter, 1864
Species Melanella conoidalis (Sowerby, 1865) accepted as Melanella cumingii (A. Adams, 1851)
Species Melanella corrida Dall, 1927 accepted as Melanella abida Dall, 1927
Species Melanella crosseana (Brusina, 1886) accepted as Eulima crossei (Brusina, 1886)
Species Melanella dalli (Bartsch, 1917) accepted as Melanella cumingii (A. Adams, 1851)
Species Melanella delmontensis (Smith & Gordon, 1948) accepted as Eulima thersites Carpenter, 1864 accepted as Melanella thersites (Carpenter, 1864)
Species Melanella dilecta (E. A. Smith, 1899) accepted as Parvioris dilecta (E. A. Smith, 1899)
Species Melanella dufresnei Bowdich, 1822 accepted as Melanella dufresnii Bowdich, 1822
Species Melanella engonia (Verrill & Bush, 1900) accepted as Eulima hypsela Verrill & Bush, 1900
Species Melanella farica Bartsch, 1915 accepted as Oceanida whitechurchi (Turton, 1932)
Species Melanella fernandinae Dall, 1927 accepted as Bathycrinicola fernandinae (Dall, 1927)
Species Melanella fuscopunctata (E. A. Smith, 1890) accepted as Sticteulima fuscopunctata (E. A. Smith, 1890)
Species Melanella gigas (Kuroda & Habe, 1950) accepted as Melanella teinostoma (A. Adams, 1851)
Species Melanella glabra Jeffreys, 1884 accepted as Melanella pseudoglabra (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1912)
Species Melanella helena Thiele, 1930 accepted as Melanella aciculata (Pease, 1861)
Species Melanella holothuricola Adam, 1934 accepted as Peasistilifer nitidula (Pease, 1860)
Species Melanella icafra Bartsch, 1915 accepted as Curveulima icafra (Bartsch, 1915)
Species Melanella inflexa (Blainville, 1825) accepted as Melanella dufresnii Bowdich, 1822
Species Melanella intermedia (Cantraine, 1835) accepted as Melanella polita (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Melanella iota Bartsch, 1915 accepted as Melanella iotoides Bartsch, 1916
Species Melanella irafca Bartsch, 1915 accepted as Hemiliostraca irafca (Bartsch, 1915)
Species Melanella iredalei (Laseron, 1955) accepted as Melanella acicula (Gould, 1849)
Species Melanella jamaicensis (C. B. Adams, 1845) accepted as Melanella eburnea (Mühlfeld, 1824)
Species Melanella jeffreysi (Tryon, 1886) accepted as Melanella platyacme (Sykes, 1903)
Species Melanella kermadecensis Oliver, 1915 accepted as Sticteulima kermadecensis (Oliver, 1915)
Species Melanella kuronamako (Habe, 1952) accepted as Melanella aciculata (Pease, 1861)
Species Melanella kyurokusinensis (Nomura & Hatai, 1940) accepted as Melanella odontoidea (A. Adams, 1861)
Species Melanella laevis (Pennant, 1777) accepted as Melanella alba (da Costa, 1778)
Species Melanella lampra Melvill, 1918 accepted as Oceanida lampra (Melvill, 1918)
Species Melanella laseroni Hedley, 1916 accepted as Melanella solitaria (E. A. Smith, 1915)
Species Melanella luchuana (Pilsbry, 1901) accepted as Melanella cuspidata (A. Adams, 1851)
Species Melanella mabutii Nomura & Hatai, 1935 accepted as Parvioris fulvescens (A. Adams, 1866)
Species Melanella macra Bartsch, 1917 accepted as Vitreolina macra (Bartsch, 1917)
Species Melanella marginata (Tenison Woods, 1879) accepted as Melanella augur (Angas, 1865)
Species Melanella mayi (Tate, 1900) accepted as Melanella augur (Angas, 1865)
Species Melanella mexicana Bartsch, 1917 accepted as Melanella micans (Carpenter, 1865)
Species Melanella montagui (Leach MS, Gray, 1847) accepted as Melanella alba (da Costa, 1778)
Species Melanella monterosatoi (Monterosato, 1890) accepted as Melanella pyramidalis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1866)
Species Melanella murrayae (Cotton & Godfrey, 1932) accepted as Melanella augur (Angas, 1865)
Species Melanella nitidula (A. Adams, 1854) accepted as Melanella aciculata (Pease, 1861)
Species Melanella obtusa (Jeffreys, 1884) accepted as Melanella obtusoapicata Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Species Melanella oldroydae Bartsch, 1917 accepted as Melanella micans (Carpenter, 1865)
Species Melanella oldroydi Bartsch, 1917 accepted as Melanella micans (Carpenter, 1865)
Species Melanella orthopleura (Tate, 1898) accepted as Melanella augur (Angas, 1865)
Species Melanella panamensis Bartsch, 1917 accepted as Eulimostraca burragei (Bartsch, 1917)
Species Melanella paxillus (A. Adams, 1861) accepted as Leiostraca pura A. Adams, 1861
Species Melanella picta (Sowerby, 1866) accepted as Melanella cumingii (A. Adams, 1851)
Species Melanella pisorum (Pilsbry, 1917) accepted as Melanella acicula (Gould, 1849)
Species Melanella planicincta (Cotton & Godfrey, 1932) accepted as Melanella augur (Angas, 1865)
Species Melanella polygyra (A. Adams, 1851) accepted as Eulima politissima Newton, 1895
Species Melanella porcellana (A. Adams, 1851) accepted as Melanella alba (da Costa, 1778)
Species Melanella portlandica (Bartsch, 1927) accepted as Eulima thersites Carpenter, 1864 accepted as Melanella thersites (Carpenter, 1864)
Species Melanella proxima (Sowerby, 1866) accepted as Melanella augur (Angas, 1865)
Species Melanella randolphi (Vanatta, 1900) accepted as Hypermastus randolphi (Vanatta, 1900)
Species Melanella recta (Réquien, 1849) accepted as Melanella polita (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Melanella robillardiana Pilsbry, 1917 accepted as Melanella dufresnii Bowdich, 1822
Species Melanella rosa Willett, 1944 accepted as Hypermastus rosa (Willett, 1944)
Species Melanella rossinsulae (Preston, 1916) accepted as Melanella attenuata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1866)
Species Melanella salvatori [sic] accepted as Melanella salvadori Castellanos, Rolán & Bartolotta, 1987
Species Melanella solida (Jeffreys, 1884) accepted as Melanella platyacme (Sykes, 1903)
Species Melanella solidula (Monterosato, 1884) accepted as Melanella lubrica (Monterosato, 1890)
Species Melanella subangulata (Sowerby, 1834) accepted as Melanella alba (da Costa, 1778)
Species Melanella subventricosa (Sowerby, 1866) accepted as Melanella nutans (Mühlfeld, 1824)
Species Melanella tacomaensis Bartsch, 1917 accepted as Amamibalcis comoxensis (Bartsch, 1917)
Species Melanella thaanumii Pilsbry, 1917 accepted as Eulima major G. B. Sowerby I, 1834
Species Melanella tumidula (Thiele, 1912) accepted as Bathycrinicola tumidula (Thiele, 1912)
Species Melanella vafra Pilsbry, 1917 accepted as Parvioris inflexa (Pease, 1867)
Environment marine
Distribution Cape Esterias [details]
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Feedingtype  parasite [details]
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Note  Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137978
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  Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Melanella Bowdich, 1822. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137978 on 2013-05-19
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