WoRMS taxon details
Melanochlamys Cheeseman, 1881
137639 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137639)
accepted
Genus
Melanochlamys cylindrica Cheeseman, 1881 (type by original designation)
Nona H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 · unaccepted (Nomen oblitum)
Paleaglaja Anistratenko & Prisjazhnjuk, 1996 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Smaragdinella (Nona) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 · unaccepted
- Species Melanochlamys algirae (A. Adams, 1850)
- Species Melanochlamys aquilina S.-Q. Zhang, M.-J. Liao, Y.-G. Wang, M. Kong & B. Li, 2020
- Species Melanochlamys barryi Gosliner, 1990
- Species Melanochlamys bengalensis Tudu, Sajan & Mukhapadhyay, 2022
- Species Melanochlamys chabanae Breslau, Á. Valdés & Chichvarkhin, 2016
- Species Melanochlamys cylindrica Cheeseman, 1881
- Species Melanochlamys diomedea (Bergh, 1894)
- Species Melanochlamys droupadi Tudu & Sajan, 2024
- Species Melanochlamys ezoensis (Baba, 1957)
- Species Melanochlamys fukudai S. Cooke, Hanson, Y. Hirano, Ornelas-Gatdula, Gosliner, Chernyshev & Á. Valdés, 2014
- Species Melanochlamys handrecki Burn, 2010
- Species Melanochlamys kohi S. Cooke, Hanson, Y. Hirano, Ornelas-Gatdula, Gosliner, Chernyshev & Á. Valdés, 2014
- Species Melanochlamys lorrainae (Rudman, 1968)
- Species Melanochlamys maderensis (R. B. Watson, 1897)
- Species Melanochlamys miqueli (Pelorce, Horst & Hoarau, 2013)
- Species Melanochlamys papillata Gosliner, 1990
- Species Melanochlamys queritor (Burn, 1957)
- Species Melanochlamys depicta (Renier, 1807) accepted as Philinopsis depicta (Renier, 1807)
- Species Melanochlamys dubia (O'Donoghue, 1929) accepted as Philinopsis dubia (O'Donoghue, 1929)
- Species Melanochlamys nana (Steinberg & M. L. Jones, 1960) accepted as Melanochlamys diomedea (Bergh, 1894) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Melanochlamys seurati (Vayssière, 1926) accepted as Melanochlamys algirae (A. Adams, 1850)
- Species Melanochlamys virgo (Rudman, 1968) accepted as Philinopsis virgo (Rudman, 1968) (superseded combination)
- Species Melanochlamys wildpretii Ortea, Bacallado & Moro, 2003 accepted as Spinoaglaja wildpretii (Ortea, Bacallado & Moro, 2003) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Cheeseman T.F. 1881. On a new genus of Opisthobranchiate Mollusca. <i>Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand</i>, 13: 224, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34429826 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Melanochlamys Cheeseman, 1881. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137639 on 2025-06-30
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Nomenclature
original description
Cheeseman T.F. 1881. On a new genus of Opisthobranchiate Mollusca. <i>Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand</i>, 13: 224, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34429826 [details]
original description (of Smaragdinella (Nona) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854) Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). <i>The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization</i>. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls. [Published in parts: Vol. 1: i-xl (1858), 1-256 (1853), 257-484 (1854). Vol. 2: 1-92 (1854), 93-284 (1855), 285-412 (1856), 413-540 (1857), 541-661 (1858). Vol. 3: pl. 1-32 (1853), 33-72 (1954), 73-96 (1855), 97-112 (1856), 113-128 (1857), 129-138 (1858)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650
page(s): 2: 23 [details]
original description (of Paleaglaja Anistratenko & Prisjazhnjuk, 1996 †) Anistratenko V.V., Prisyazhnyuk V.A. (1996). Два новых рода сарматских гастропод западной Украины [= Two new genera of the Sarmatian gastropods of Western Ukraine]. <em>Paleontologicheskiy Zhurnal.</em> 1: 20-27. [details]
original description (of Smaragdinella (Nona) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854) Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). <i>The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization</i>. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls. [Published in parts: Vol. 1: i-xl (1858), 1-256 (1853), 257-484 (1854). Vol. 2: 1-92 (1854), 93-284 (1855), 285-412 (1856), 413-540 (1857), 541-661 (1858). Vol. 3: pl. 1-32 (1853), 33-72 (1954), 73-96 (1855), 97-112 (1856), 113-128 (1857), 129-138 (1858)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650
page(s): 2: 23 [details]
original description (of Paleaglaja Anistratenko & Prisjazhnjuk, 1996 †) Anistratenko V.V., Prisyazhnyuk V.A. (1996). Два новых рода сарматских гастропод западной Украины [= Two new genera of the Sarmatian gastropods of Western Ukraine]. <em>Paleontologicheskiy Zhurnal.</em> 1: 20-27. [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Zamora-Silva A. & Malaquias M.A.E. (2018 [nomenclatural availability: 2017]). Molecular phylogeny of the Aglajidae head-shield sea slugs (Heterobranchia: Cephalaspidea): new evolutionary lineages revealed and proposal of a new classification. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 183(1): 1-51., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx064 [details] Available for editors 
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