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Melanella Bowdich, 1822

137978  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137978)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
  6. Littorinimorpha (Order)
  7. Vanikoroidea (Superfamily)
  8. Eulimidae (Family)
  9. Melanella (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Balcis Leach, 1847 · unaccepted
Melanella (Melanella) Bowdich, 1822 · alternative representation

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  1. Species Melanella abida Dall, 1927
  2. Species Melanella acanthyllis (R. B. Watson, 1883)
  3. Species Melanella acicula (A. Gould, 1849)
  4. Species Melanella aciculata (Pease, 1861)
  5. Species Melanella acuformis (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1875)
  6. Species Melanella adamantina (de Folin, 1867)
  7. Species Melanella adiastalta Souza, Pimenta & J. Barros, 2021
  8. Species Melanella aequatorialis (Thiele, 1925)
  9. Species Melanella aethiopica (Thiele, 1925)
  10. Species Melanella aethria (Melvill, 1918)
  11. Species Melanella agulhasensis (Thiele, 1925)
  12. Species Melanella alba (da Costa, 1778)
  13. Species Melanella alertae (Dell, 1956)
  14. Species Melanella alfredensis Bartsch, 1915
  15. Species Melanella algoensis (E. A. Smith, 1901)
  16. Species Melanella amabilis (Brazier, 1877)
  17. Species Melanella amblia (R. B. Watson, 1883)
  18. Species Melanella amblytera (A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1900)
  19. Species Melanella ameliae Engl, 2007
  20. Species Melanella anachorea Dall, 1927
  21. Species Melanella anapetes Souza, Pimenta & J. Barros, 2021
  22. Species Melanella antarctica (Strebel, 1908)
  23. Species Melanella archeyi (H. J. Finlay, 1928)
  24. Species Melanella arenularia (Gougerot, 1969) †
  25. Species Melanella arleyi Espinosa, Ortea & Magaña, 2001
  26. Species Melanella atlantica (E. A. Smith, 1890)
  27. Species Melanella attenuata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1866)
  28. Species Melanella aucklandica (Suter, 1909)
  29. Species Melanella augur (Angas, 1865)
  30. Species Melanella badenia (Laws, 1939) †
  31. Species Melanella baldra Bartsch, 1917
  32. Species Melanella becki (W. H. Turton, 1932)
  33. Species Melanella berryi Bartsch, 1917
  34. Species Melanella bicurvata (Chapman & Crespin, 1928) †
  35. Species Melanella bipartita (Mörch, 1859)
  36. Species Melanella borealis (Bartsch, 1917)
  37. Species Melanella boscheineni Engl, 2004
  38. Species Melanella boscii (Payraudeau, 1826)
  39. Species Melanella bovicornu (Pilsbry, 1905)
  40. Species Melanella breviuscula (Dunker, 1875)
  41. Species Melanella brunnimaculata (Kay, 1979)
  42. Species Melanella bryani Pilsbry, 1918
  43. Species Melanella callistemma Dall, 1927
  44. Species Melanella candida (Marrat, 1880)
  45. Species Melanella catalinensis Bartsch, 1917
  46. Species Melanella chariessa (A. E. Verrill, 1884)
  47. Species Melanella chydaea (R. B. Watson, 1883)
  48. Species Melanella cifara Bartsch, 1915
  49. Species Melanella clavula (A. Adams, 1861)
  50. Species Melanella collator (Laws, 1944) †
  51. Species Melanella compacta (P. P. Carpenter, 1864)
  52. Species Melanella compactilis (Locard, 1891)
  53. Species Melanella conoidalis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1865)
  54. Species Melanella conoidea (Kurtz & W. Stimpson, 1851)
  55. Species Melanella convexa (E. A. Smith, 1907)
  56. Species Melanella corintonis (Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1951)
  57. Species Melanella cosmia Bartsch, 1917
  58. Species Melanella costellata (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1897)
  59. Species Melanella cumingii (A. Adams, 1854)
  60. Species Melanella cunaeformis (May, 1915)
  61. Species Melanella cuspidata (A. Adams, 1854)
  62. Species Melanella cyclopia Scuderi, Tisselli & Micali, 2022
  63. Species Melanella cylindrica (Thiele, 1925)
  64. Species Melanella debilis (A. Adams, 1861)
  65. Species Melanella decagyra (Melvill & Standen, 1903)
  66. Species Melanella decipiens (Hedley, 1899)
  67. Species Melanella densicostata Bouchet & Warén, 1986
  68. Species Melanella deroeveri Beets, 1942 †
  69. Species Melanella distorta (Defrance, 1823) †
  70. Species Melanella doederleini (Brusina, 1886)
  71. Species Melanella draconis Bartsch, 1917
  72. Species Melanella dubusi (Cossmann & Pissarro, 1902) †
  73. Species Melanella dufresnii Bowdich, 1822
  74. Species Melanella eburnea (Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1824)
  75. Species Melanella elenensis (Bartsch, 1924)
  76. Species Melanella elsa Thiele, 1930
  77. Species Melanella eulimoides (C. B. Adams, 1850)
  78. Species Melanella exasperata (Preston, 1905)
  79. Species Melanella exilis (Pease, 1863)
  80. Species Melanella exulata (E. A. Smith, 1915)
  81. Species Melanella falcata (P. P. Carpenter, 1865)
  82. Species Melanella fasciata (R. B. Watson, 1883)
  83. Species Melanella flexuosa (A. Adams, 1854)
  84. Species Melanella frielei (H. K. Jordan, 1895)
  85. Species Melanella gagei Bouchet & Warén, 1986
  86. Species Melanella geoffreyi (Laws, 1936) †
  87. Species Melanella glypta Bouchet & Warén, 1986
  88. Species Melanella gracilis (C. B. Adams, 1850)
  89. Species Melanella gradata (Cotton & Godfrey, 1932)
  90. Species Melanella grandis (A. Adams, 1853)
  91. Species Melanella gratiosa (Thiele, 1925)
  92. Species Melanella grippi (Bartsch, 1917)
  93. Species Melanella guenteri Engl, 2004
  94. Species Melanella hadalis Knudsen, 1964
  95. Species Melanella halia Bartsch, 1917
  96. Species Melanella halorhaphe (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896)
  97. Species Melanella hastata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)
  98. Species Melanella hebes (R. B. Watson, 1883)
  99. Species Melanella hemphilli Bartsch, 1917
  100. Species Melanella hians (R. B. Watson, 1883)
  101. Species Melanella hypsela (A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1900)
  102. Species Melanella ima Pilsbry, 1918
  103. Species Melanella indica (Preston, 1905)
  104. Species Melanella insculpta Bouchet & Warén, 1986
  105. Species Melanella iotoides Bartsch, 1916
  106. Species Melanella ira Dall, 1927
  107. Species Melanella jeffreysii (Tryon, 1886)
  108. Species Melanella jucunda (Thiele, 1925)
  109. Species Melanella junieri Espinosa, Ortea & Magaña, 2006
  110. Species Melanella kaiparaensis (Laws, 1939) †
  111. Species Melanella kanaka Pilsbry, 1917
  112. Species Melanella karolinae Engl, 2006
  113. Species Melanella kermadecensis W. R. B. Oliver, 1915
  114. Species Melanella kuronamako (Habe, 1952)
  115. Species Melanella lactea (A. Adams, 1854)
  116. Species Melanella lastra Bartsch, 1917
  117. Species Melanella laurae (Friele, 1886)
  118. Species Melanella lautoides H. J. Finlay & Marwick, 1937 †
  119. Species Melanella letsonae Pilsbry, 1917
  120. Species Melanella levantina (Oliverio, Buzzurro & R. Villa, 1994)
  121. Species Melanella lubrica (Monterosato, 1890)
  122. Species Melanella luchuana (Pilsbry, 1901)
  123. Species Melanella lucida (A. E. Verrill, 1884)
  124. Species Melanella luminosa B. A. Marshall, 1997
  125. Species Melanella lunata Pilsbry, 1918
  126. Species Melanella magnifica (Bartsch, 1915)
  127. Species Melanella major (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)
  128. Species Melanella mamilla (May, 1915)
  129. Species Melanella maoria (A. W. B. Powell, 1940)
  130. Species Melanella martinii (A. Adams, 1854)
  131. Species Melanella martynjordani (H. K. Jordan, 1895)
  132. Species Melanella marviva Espinosa, Ortea & Magaña, 2006
  133. Species Melanella maui (Dell, 1952)
  134. Species Melanella micans (P. P. Carpenter, 1865)
  135. Species Melanella microsculpta Bouchet & Warén, 1986
  136. Species Melanella mimus Pilsbry, 1918
  137. Species Melanella minor (Pallary, 1904)
  138. Species Melanella modesta (Thiele, 1925)
  139. Species Melanella modesta Thiele, 1930
  140. Species Melanella monicensis Bartsch, 1917 †
  141. Species Melanella montereyensis Bartsch, 1917
  142. Species Melanella monterosatoi (Monterosato, 1890)
  143. Species Melanella muelleriae (Sturany, 1903)
  144. Species Melanella mundula (A. Adams, 1861)
  145. Species Melanella myriotrochi Bouchet & Warén, 1986
  146. Species Melanella nilae Engl, 2006
  147. Species Melanella nisonida (Melvill, 1906)
  148. Species Melanella obtusa (Laseron, 1955)
  149. Species Melanella obtusoapicata Bouchet & Warén, 1986
  150. Species Melanella ochsneri Bartsch, 1917
  151. Species Melanella odontoidea (A. Adams, 1861)
  152. Species Melanella ogasawarana (Pilsbry, 1905)
  153. Species Melanella oldroydae Bartsch, 1917
  154. Species Melanella oleacea (Kurtz & W. Stimpson, 1851)
  155. Species Melanella olssoni (Bartsch, 1924)
  156. Species Melanella opaca (G. B. Sowerby II, 1865)
  157. Species Melanella opalina (J. T. Marshall, 1901)
  158. Species Melanella ophiodon Dall, 1927
  159. Species Melanella orientalis Agamennone, Micali & Siragusa, 2020
  160. Species Melanella orphanensis A. H. Clarke, 1974
  161. Species Melanella orthophyes (Sturany, 1903)
  162. Species Melanella otagoensis (A. W. B. Powell, 1927)
  163. Species Melanella oxyacme (Suter, 1908)
  164. Species Melanella oxytata (R. B. Watson, 1883)
  165. Species Melanella pandata (A. Adams, 1861)
  166. Species Melanella paraabida Souza, Pimenta & J. Barros, 2021
  167. Species Melanella parallela Dall, 1927
  168. Species Melanella parviapertura Landau, La Perna & Marquet, 2006 †
  169. Species Melanella patutahiensis Marwick, 1931 †
  170. Species Melanella paxillus (Hedley, 1904)
  171. Species Melanella peninsularis Bartsch, 1917
  172. Species Melanella penna Dall, 1927
  173. Species Melanella pepediazi Landau, La Perna & Marquet, 2006 †
  174. Species Melanella perplexa W. R. B. Oliver, 1915
  175. Species Melanella persimilis (Kuroda & Habe, 1971)
  176. Species Melanella petitiana (Brusina, 1869)
  177. Species Melanella pinguicula (Chapman & Gabriel, 1914) †
  178. Species Melanella pisinna Rehder, 1980
  179. Species Melanella planisutis Bouchet & Warén, 1986
  180. Species Melanella plioiberica Landau, La Perna & Marquet, 2006 †
  181. Species Melanella polita (Linnaeus, 1758)
  182. Species Melanella polygyra (Charlesworth, 1851) †
  183. Species Melanella pontilis P. A. Maxwell, 1992 †
  184. Species Melanella praecurta (Pallary, 1904)
  185. Species Melanella producta (P. P. Carpenter, 1863)
  186. Species Melanella pseudoglabra (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1912)
  187. Species Melanella puhana (Dell, 1956)
  188. Species Melanella reticulata Bouchet & Warén, 1986
  189. Species Melanella retrorsa (G. B. Sowerby II, 1865)
  190. Species Melanella retusa (Pezant, 1911) †
  191. Species Melanella richardi (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896)
  192. Species Melanella robusta (A. Adams, 1861)
  193. Species Melanella roegerae (Cotton & Godfrey, 1932)
  194. Species Melanella salvadori Castellanos, Rolán & Bartolotta, 1987
  195. Species Melanella sankurieae Engl, 2004
  196. Species Melanella sansibarica (Thiele, 1925)
  197. Species Melanella sarissa (R. B. Watson, 1883)
  198. Species Melanella scarifata Gofas & Rueda, 2014
  199. Species Melanella seguenzai Di Geronimo & La Perna, 1999 †
  200. Species Melanella seymourensis Stilwell, Zinsmeister & Oleinik, 2004 †
  201. Species Melanella shibana (Yokoyama, 1927)
  202. Species Melanella siberutensis (Thiele, 1925)
  203. Species Melanella similior Bouchet & Warén, 1986
  204. Species Melanella similis (A. d'Orbigny, 1852) †
  205. Species Melanella solida (G. B. Sowerby II, 1865)
  206. Species Melanella solidula (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
  207. Species Melanella soliduloides (Habe, 1951)
  208. Species Melanella solitaria (E. A. Smith, 1915) (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym, based on preoccupied original name)
  209. Species Melanella sororcula (Wrigley, 1945) †
  210. Species Melanella sowerbyi (R. B. Newton, 1891) †
  211. Species Melanella spina (O. Boettger, 1893)
  212. Species Melanella spinosa W. R. B. Oliver, 1915
  213. Species Melanella spiridioni (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896)
  214. Species Melanella stalioi (Brusina, 1869)
  215. Species Melanella stamina Dall, 1927
  216. Species Melanella subantarctica (Strebel, 1908)
  217. Species Melanella subemarginata (Deshayes, 1862) †
  218. Species Melanella subula (A. Adams, 1861)
  219. Species Melanella sulculata (Wrigley, 1945) †
  220. Species Melanella tanabensis Takano, Tanaka & Kano, 2019
  221. Species Melanella teinostoma (A. Adams, 1854)
  222. Species Melanella teramachii (Habe, 1952)
  223. Species Melanella thalia Bartsch, 1915
  224. Species Melanella thersites (P. P. Carpenter, 1864)
  225. Species Melanella tia (Bartsch, 1926)
  226. Species Melanella tortuosa (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
  227. Species Melanella townsendi Bartsch, 1917
  228. Species Melanella translucens (Monterosato, 1890)
  229. Species Melanella trunca (R. B. Watson, 1897)
  230. Species Melanella truncata (Suter, 1908)
  231. Species Melanella turbonilloides Bouchet & Warén, 1986
  232. Species Melanella turrita Bouchet & Warén, 1986
  233. Species Melanella tutamoensis Marwick, 1931 †
  234. Species Melanella variabilis (Schepman, 1913)
  235. Species Melanella vegrandis (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
  236. Species Melanella versa Dall, 1927
  237. Species Melanella waiaotea (Laws, 1941) †
  238. Species Melanella waikomitica (Laws, 1939) †
  239. Species Melanella wareni Landau, La Perna & Marquet, 2006 †
  240. Species Melanella yamazii (Habe, 1952)
  241. Species Melanella zugnigae Espinosa, Ortea & Magaña, 2001
  242. Species Melanella californica Bartsch, 1917 accepted as Hypermastus randolphi (Vanatta, 1900)
  243. Species Melanella dalli (Bartsch, 1917) accepted as Melanella cumingii (A. Adams, 1854)
  244. Species Melanella mexicana Bartsch, 1917 accepted as Melanella micans (P. P. Carpenter, 1865)
  245. Species Melanella panamensis Bartsch, 1917 accepted as Eulimostraca burragei (Bartsch, 1917)
  246. Species Melanella pyramidalis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1866) accepted as Leiostraca pyramidalis G. B. Sowerby II, 1866
  247. Subgenus Melanella (Melanella) Bowdich, 1822 represented as Melanella Bowdich, 1822
    1. Species Melanella (Melanella) bartschi J. A. Gardner & Aldrich, 1919 † represented as Melanella bartschi J. A. Gardner & Aldrich, 1919 †
    2. Species Melanella (Melanella) californica Bartsch, 1917 represented as Melanella californica Bartsch, 1917 accepted as Hypermastus randolphi (Vanatta, 1900)
    3. Species Melanella (Melanella) dalli Bartsch, 1917 represented as Melanella dalli (Bartsch, 1917) accepted as Melanella cumingii (A. Adams, 1854)
    4. Species Melanella (Melanella) hemphilli Bartsch, 1917 represented as Melanella hemphilli Bartsch, 1917
    5. Species Melanella (Melanella) magnoliana J. A. Gardner & Aldrich, 1919 † represented as Melanella magnoliana J. A. Gardner & Aldrich, 1919 †
    6. Species Melanella (Melanella) mexicana Bartsch, 1917 represented as Melanella mexicana Bartsch, 1917 accepted as Melanella micans (P. P. Carpenter, 1865)
    7. Species Melanella (Melanella) monicensis Bartsch, 1917 † represented as Melanella monicensis Bartsch, 1917 †
    8. Species Melanella (Melanella) necropolitana Bartsch, 1917 † represented as Melanella necropolitana Bartsch, 1917 †
    9. Species Melanella (Melanella) olssoni Bartsch, 1924 represented as Melanella olssoni (Bartsch, 1924)
    10. Species Melanella (Melanella) panamensis Bartsch, 1917 represented as Melanella panamensis Bartsch, 1917 accepted as Eulimostraca burragei (Bartsch, 1917)
  248. Species Melanella bartschi J. A. Gardner & Aldrich, 1919 † (uncertain > unassessed)
  249. Species Melanella magnoliana J. A. Gardner & Aldrich, 1919 † (uncertain > unassessed)
  250. Species Melanella necropolitana Bartsch, 1917 † (uncertain > unassessed)
  251. Species Melanella pocahontasae (J. B. Henderson & Bartsch, 1914) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  252. Species Melanella reclinata (A. Adams, 1861) (uncertain > unassessed, use in recent literature not established by editor)
  253. Species Melanella scitula (A. Adams, 1861) (uncertain > unassessed, use in recent literature not established by editor)
  254. Species Melanella semitorta (A. Adams, 1861) (uncertain > unassessed, use in recent literature not established by editor)
  255. Species Melanella valida (A. Adams, 1861) (uncertain > unassessed, use in recent literature not established by editor)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Bowdich, T.E. (1822). <i>Elements of conchology, including the fossil genera and the animals. Part I. Univalves</i>. 79 pp., 19 pls. Paris. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/45861
page(s): 27 [details]   
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Melanella Bowdich, 1822. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2021) Marine Species Traits at: http://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137978 on 2024-04-19
Marine Species Traits editorial board (2024). Marine Species Traits. Melanella Bowdich, 1822. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137978 on 2024-04-19
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Gofas, Serge
2013-09-07 02:55:47Z
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Rosenberg, Gary
2017-07-02 00:47:59Z
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Bouchet, Philippe
2019-10-25 07:36:02Z
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Vinarski, Maxim

original description Bowdich, T.E. (1822). <i>Elements of conchology, including the fossil genera and the animals. Part I. Univalves</i>. 79 pp., 19 pls. Paris. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/45861
page(s): 27 [details]   

original description  (of Balcis Leach, 1847) Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913
page(s): 271 [details]   

basis of record Warén, A. (1984). A generic revision of the family Eulimidae (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> suppl 13: 1-96.
page(s): 54 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 
 
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