Melanella Eulimoides

''Melanella'' is a genus of very small ectoparasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Eulimidae.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

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) the following species are recognised in the genus ''Melanella''

*''Melanella abida''
*''Melanella acanthyllis''
*''Melanella acicula''
*''Melanella aciculata''
*'' Melanella acuformis''
*''Melanella adamantina''
*''Melanella adiastalta''
*'' Melanella aequatorialis''
*''Melanella aethiopica''
*''Melanella aethria''
*''Melanella agulhasensis''
*''Melanella alba''
*''Melanella alertae''
*''Melanella alfredensis''
*''Melanella algoensis''
*''Melanella amabilis''
*'' Melanella amblia''
*'' Melanella amblytera''
*'' Melanella ameliae''
*'' Melanella anachorea''
*'' Melanella anapetes''
*'' Melanella antarctica''
*'' Melanella archeyi''
*'' Melanella arenularia''
*'' Melanella arleyi''
*'' Melanella atlantica''
*'' Melanella attenuata''
*'' Melanella aucklandica''
*'' Melanella augur''
*'' Melanella badenia''
*'' Melanella baldra''
*'' Melanella becki''
*'' Melanella bipartita''
*'' Melanella borealis''
*'' Melanella boscheineni''
*'' Melanella boscii''
*'' Melanella bovicornu''
*'' Melanella breviuscula''
*'' Melanella brunnimaculata''
*''Melanella bryani''
*'' Melanella callistemma''
*'' Melanella candida''
*'' Melanella catalinensis''
*'' Melanella chariessa''
*'' Melanella chydaea''
*'' Melanella cifara''
*'' Melanella clavula''
*'' Melanella collator''
*'' Melanella compactilis''
*'' Melanella conoidalis''
*''Melanella conoidea''
*'' Melanella convexa''
*'' Melanella corintonis''
*'' Melanella cosmia''
*'' Melanella costellata''
*'' Melanella cumingii''
*'' Melanella cunaeformis''
*'' Melanella cuspidata''
*'' Melanella cyclopia''
*'' Melanella cylindrica''
*'' Melanella debilis''
*'' Melanella decagyra''
*'' Melanella decipiens''
*'' Melanella densicostata''
*'' Melanella distorta''
*'' Melanella doederleini''
*'' Melanella draconis''
*'' Melanella dubusi''
*'' Melanella dufresnii''
*'' Melanella eburnea''
*'' Melanella elenensis''
*'' Melanella elsa''
*'' Melanella eulimoides''
*'' Melanella exasperata''
*'' Melanella exilis''
*'' Melanella exulata''
*'' Melanella falcata''
*'' Melanella fasciata''
*'' Melanella flexuosa''
*'' Melanella frielei''
*'' Melanella gagei''
*'' Melanella geoffreyi''
*'' Melanella glypta''
*'' Melanella gracilis''
*'' Melanella gradata''
*'' Melanella grandis''
*'' Melanella gratiosa''
*'' Melanella grippi''
*'' Melanella guenteri''
*'' Melanella hadalis''
*'' Melanella halia''
*'' Melanella halorhaphe''
*'' Melanella hastata''
*'' Melanella hebes''
*'' Melanella hemphilli''
*'' Melanella hians''
*'' Melanella hypsela''
*'' Melanella ima''
*'' Melanella indica''
*'' Melanella insculpta''
*'' Melanella iotoides''
*'' Melanella ira''
*'' Melanella jeffreysii''
*'' Melanella jucunda''
*'' Melanella junieri''
*'' Melanella kaiparaensis''
*'' Melanella kanaka''
*'' Melanella karolinae''
*''Melanella kermadecensis''
*'' Melanella kuronamako''
*'' Melanella lactea''
*'' Melanella lastra''
*'' Melanella laurae''
*'' Melanella lautoides''
*'' Melanella letsonae''
*'' Melanella levantina''
*''Melanella lubrica''
*'' Melanella luchuana''
*'' Melanella lucida''
*'' Melanella luminosa''
*'' Melanella lunata''
*'' Melanella magnifica''
*'' Melanella major''
*'' Melanella mamilla''
*'' Melanella maoria''
*'' Melanella martinii''
*'' Melanella martynjordani''
*'' Melanella marviva''
*'' Melanella maui''
*'' Melanella micans''
*'' Melanella microsculpta''
*'' Melanella mimus''
*'' Melanella minor''
*'' Melanella modesta''
*'' Melanella modesta''
*'' Melanella montereyensis''
*'' Melanella monterosatoi''
*'' Melanella muelleriae''
*'' Melanella mundula''
*'' Melanella myriotrochi''
*'' Melanella nilae''
*'' Melanella nisonida''
*'' Melanella obtusa''
*'' Melanella obtusoapicata''
*'' Melanella ochsneri''
*'' Melanella odontoidea''
*'' Melanella ogasawarana''
*'' Melanella oldroydae''
*'' Melanella oleacea''
*'' Melanella olssoni''
*'' Melanella opaca''
*'' Melanella opalina''
*'' Melanella ophiodon''
*'' Melanella orientalis''
*'' Melanella orphanensis''
*'' Melanella orthophyes''
*'' Melanella otagoensis''
*'' Melanella oxyacme''
*'' Melanella oxytata''
*'' Melanella pandata''
*'' Melanella paraabida''
*'' Melanella parallela''
*'' Melanella parviapertura''
*'' Melanella patutahiensis''
*'' Melanella paxillus''
*'' Melanella peninsularis''
*'' Melanella penna''
*'' Melanella pepediazi''
*'' Melanella perplexa''
*'' Melanella persimilis''
*'' Melanella petitiana''
*'' Melanella pisinna''
*'' Melanella planisutis''
*'' Melanella plioiberica''
*'' Melanella polita''
*'' Melanella polygyra''
*'' Melanella pontilis''
*'' Melanella praecurta''
*'' Melanella producta''
*'' Melanella pseudoglabra''
*'' Melanella puhana''
*'' Melanella reticulata''
*'' Melanella retrorsa''
*'' Melanella retusa''
*'' Melanella richardi''
*'' Melanella robusta''
*'' Melanella roegerae''
*'' Melanella salvadori''
*'' Melanella sankurieae''
*'' Melanella sansibarica''
*'' Melanella sarissa''
*'' Melanella scarifata''
*'' Melanella seguenzai''
*'' Melanella shibana''
*'' Melanella siberutensis''
*'' Melanella similior''
*'' Melanella similis''
*'' Melanella solida''
*'' Melanella solidula''
*''Melanella soliduloides''
*'' Melanella solitaria''
*'' Melanella sororcula''
*'' Melanella sowerbyi''
*'' Melanella spina''
*'' Melanella spinosa''
*'' Melanella spiridioni''
*'' Melanella stalioi''
*'' Melanella stamina''
*'' Melanella subantarctica''
*'' Melanella subemarginata''
*'' Melanella subula''
*'' Melanella sulculata''
*'' Melanella tanabensis''
*'' Melanella teinostoma''
*'' Melanella teramachii''
*'' Melanella thalia''
*'' Melanella thersites''
*'' Melanella tia''
*'' Melanella tortuosa''
*'' Melanella townsendi''
*'' Melanella translucens''
*'' Melanella trunca''
*'' Melanella truncata''
*'' Melanella turbonilloides''
*'' Melanella turrita''
*'' Melanella tutamoensis''
*'' Melanella variabilis''
*'' Melanella vegrandis''
*'' Melanella versa''
*'' Melanella waiaotea''
*'' Melanella waikomitica''
*'' Melanella wareni''
*'' Melanella yamazii''
*'' Melanella zugnigae''

The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database also includes the following species with names in current useOBIS : Melanella
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* '' 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

* Leach, 1847 n GrayAnnals 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

External links

Bowdich, T.E. 1822. ''Elements of Conchology, including the fossil genera and animals. Part 1. Univalves''. Paris : Smith pp. i–xi, 14–73, index 1–3, 19 pls, 2 tables

Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1847) 15: 129-219

Laseron, C. 1955. ''Revision of the New South Wales eulimoid shells.'' The Australian Zoologist 12(2): 83–107, pls 1–3, figs 1–78
5–86, 101 uliamaustra is an alternative original spelling (p. 85); spelling Eulimaustra selected by First Reviser action by McMichael & Whitley, 1961, The Marine Zoologist, 1(8): 124
Serge GOFAS, Ángel A. LUQUE, Joan Daniel OLIVER,José TEMPLADO & Alberto SERRA (2021) - The Mollusca of Galicia Bank (NE Atlantic Ocean); European Journal of Taxonomy 785: 1–114

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Gastropod genera
Taxa named by Thomas Edward Bowdich