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''Melampus'' is a
genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of small air-breathing
salt marsh A salt marsh, saltmarsh or salting, also known as a coastal salt marsh or a tidal marsh, is a coastal ecosystem in the upper coastal intertidal zone between land and open saltwater or brackish water that is regularly flooded by the tides. I ...
snail A snail is a shelled gastropod. The name is most often applied to land snails, terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs. However, the common name ''snail'' is also used for most of the members of the molluscan class Gas ...
s,
pulmonate Pulmonata or pulmonates is an informal group (previously an order, and before that, a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills. The group inclu ...
gastropod Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000  extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...
s in the family
Ellobiidae Ellobiidae, common name the hollow-shelled snails, is a family of small air-breathing land, marine, and brackish snails; pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the clade Eupulmonata.Bouchet, P. (2012). Ellobiidae. Accessed through: World Register of M ...
.Bouchet, P. (2014). Melampus Montfort, 1810. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160366 on 2015-02-24


Species

Species in the genus ''Melampus'' include: * '' Melampus acinoides'' Morelet, 1889 * '' Melampus adamsianus'' L. Pfeiffer, 1855 * † '' Melampus antiquus'' Meek, 1873 * '' Melampus bidentatus'' Say, 1822 * '' Melampus boholensis'' Pfeiffer, 1856 * '' Melampus bullaoides'' (Montagu, 1808) * '' Melampus carolianus'' (Lesson, 1842) * '' Melampus castaneus'' Mühlfeld, 1818 * '' Melampus ceylonicus'' (Petit de la Saussaye, 1843) * '' Melampus coffea'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * '' Melampus concretus'' Morelet, 1882 * '' Melampus cristatus'' Pfeiffer, 1854 * '' Melampus crossei'' de Morgan, 1885 * '' Melampus cumingianus'' (Récluz, 1846) * '' Melampus exaratus'' H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 * '' Melampus fasciatus'' (Deshayes, 1830) * † '' Melampus feurtillensis'' Maillard, 1884 * '' Melampus flavus'' (Gmelin, 1791) * '' Melampus flexuosus'' Crosse, 1867 * '' Melampus floridanus'' Pfeiffer, 1856 * '' Melampus granifer'' (Mousson, 1849) * '' Melampus granum'' Gassies, 1869 * '' Melampus hypoleucus'' E. von Martens, 1897 * '' Melampus liberianus'' H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 * '' Melampus lividus'' (Deshayes, 1830) * '' Melampus luteus'' (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) * '' Melampus massauensis'' L. Pfeiffer, 1858 * '' Melampus monile'' (Bruguiére, 1789) * '' Melampus morrisoni'' Martins, 1996 * '' Melampus mousleyi'' Berry, 1964 * '' Melampus nucleolus'' Martens, 1856 * '' Melampus nuxeastaneus'' Kuroda, 1949 * '' Melampus olivaceus'' Carpenter, 1857 * '' Melampus ovuloides'' Baird, 1873 * '' Melampus paranus'' (Morrison, 1951) * '' Melampus parvulus'' Pfeiffer, 1856 * '' Melampus pascus'' Odhner, 1922 * '' Melampus pfeifferianus'' Morelet, 1860 * '' Melampus phaeostylus'' Kobelt, 1869 * '' Melampus philippii'' (Küster, 1844) * † '' Melampus pilula'' Tournouër, 1872 * '' Melampus pulchellus'' (Petit de la Saussaye, 1843) * '' Melampus quadrasi'' Möllendorff, 1894 * '' Melampus sculptus'' Pfeiffer, 1859 * '' Melampus semiaratus'' Connolly, 1912 * '' Melampus semiplicatus'' Pease, 1860 * '' Melampus semisulcatus'' Mousson, 1869 * '' Melampus sincaporensis'' Pfeiffer, 1855 * † '' Melampus sinuosus'' (Cossmann, 1895) * '' Melampus tabogensis'' (C.B. Adams, 1852) * '' Melampus taeniolatus'' * † '' Melampus tenuistriatus'' de Morgan, 1917 * † '' Melampus tridentatus'' F. E. Edwards, 1852 * '' Melampus trilineatus'' C.B. Adams, 1852 * '' Melampus triticeus'' (Philippi, 1845) * † '' Melampus turonensis'' (Deshayes, 1830) * '' Melampus variabilis'' Gassies, 1863 ;Taxon inquirendum: * ''Melampus avenaceus'' Mousson, 1870 * ''Melampus brevis'' Gassies, 1863 * ''Melampus bridgesii'' Carpenter, 1856 * ''Melampus commodus'' H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 * ''Melampus edentulus'' Martens, 1865 * ''Melampus exesus'' Gassies, 1874 * ''Melampus fuscus'' (Küster, 1843) * ''Melampus maurus'' (Küster, 1844) * ''Melampus mitralis'' H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 * ''Melampus mucronatus'' Gould, 1852 * ''Melampus nitidulus'' H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 * ''Melampus obovatus'' H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 * ''Melampus pallescens'' G. B. Sowerby I, 1839 (use in recent literature currently undocumented) * ''Melampus pusillus'' (Gmelin, 1791) * ''Melampus pyriformis'' (Petit de la Saussaye, 1843) * ''Melampus striatus'' Pease, 1861 * ''Melampus strictus'' Gassies, 1874 * ''Melampus sulculosus'' Martens, 1865 * † ''Melampus tournoueri'' Locard, 1878 * ''Melampus viola'' (Lesson, 1831) (synonym: ''Auricula viola'' Lesson, 1831 ) * ''Melampus wilkei'' Dohrn, 1860 * ''Melampus wolfii'' K. Miller, 1879 (status in recent literature not researched by editor) * ''Melampus zealandicus'' H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 ;Species brought into synonymy: * Subgenus ''Melampus'' (Detracia) Gray, 1840 : synonym of '' Detracia'' Gray, 1840 * ''Melampus acutispira'' Turton, 1932: synonym of ''Melampus parvulus'' Pfeiffer, 1856 * ''Melampus aequalis'' Lowe, 1832: synonym of '' Ovatella aequalis'' (Lowe, 1832) * ''Melampus albus'' Gassies, 1865: synonym of '' Microtralia alba'' (Gassies, 1865) * ''Melampus biscayensis'' Fischer H., 1900: synonym of '' Pseudomelampus exiguus'' (Lowe, 1832) * ''Melampus caffer'' (Küster, 1843): synonym of ''Melampus lividus'' (Deshayes, 1830) * ''Melampus canariensis'' Nordsieck & Talavera, 1979: synonym of '' Pseudomelampus exiguus'' (Lowe, 1832) * ''Melampus ceylanicus'' ic synonym of ''Melampus ceylonicus'' (Petit de la Saussaye, 1843) * ''Melampus coffeus'' (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of ''Melampus coffea'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Melampus exiguus'' Lowe, 1832: synonym of '' Pseudomelampus exiguus'' (Lowe, 1832) * ''Melampus fortis'' Mousson, 1869: synonym of ''Melampus flavus'' (Gmelin, 1791) * ''Melampus gracilis'' Lowe, 1832: synonym of ''
Myosotella myosotis ''Myosotella myosotis'', common name the mouse ear snail, is a European species of small salt marsh snail, a Terrestrial mollusc, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Ellobiidae. Description For terms see gastropod shell. The s ...
'' (Draparnaud, 1801) * ''Melampus hemphillii'' (Dall, 1884): synonym of '' Sayella hemphillii'' (Dall, 1884) * ''Melampus kuesteri'' (Krauss in Küster, 1843): synonym of ''Melampus lividus'' (Deshayes, 1830) * ''Melampus microspira'' Pilsbry, 1891: synonym of ''Melampus coffea'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Melampus monilis'' (Bruguière, 1789): synonym of ''Melampus monile'' (Bruguière, 1789) * ''Melampus ordinarius'' Melvill & Ponsonby, 1901: synonym of ''Melampus lividus'' (Deshayes, 1830) * ''Melampus patulus'' Lowe, 1832: synonym of ''Melampus luteus'' (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) * ''Melampus siamensis'' Martens, 1865: synonym of ''Melampus sincaporensis'' L. Pfeiffer, 1855 * ''Melampus singaporensis'' ic synonym of ''Melampus sincaporensis'' L. Pfeiffer, 1855 * ''Melampus stutchburyi'' L. Pfeiffer, 185: synonym of '' Ophicardelus sulcatus'' H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 * ''Melampus sulcatus'' Brazier, 1877: synonym of '' Ophicardelus sulcatus'' H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 * ''Melampus tetricus'' Morelet, 1864: synonym of '' Pleuroloba quoyi'' (H. & A. Adams, 1854) * ''Melampus umlaasianus'' (Küster, 1843): synonym of ''Melampus lividus'' (Deshayes, 1830)


References


External links


Möllendorff, O. F. von. (1898). Verzeichnis der auf den Philippinen lebenden Landmollusken. Abhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Görlitz. 22: 26-208

Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls.

Martins, A. M. de F. (1996) ''Anatomy and systematics of the Western Atlantic Ellobiidae (Gastropoda: Pulmonata).'' Malacologia 37: 163-332
Ellobiidae {{Ellobiidae-stub