Melanella Translucens

''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