Melanella
Melanella candida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Eulimidae
Genus: Melanella
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 mollusks or micromollusks in the family Eulimidae.[1]

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

  1. 1 2 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. 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
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