''Melarhaphe'' is a monotypic
genus
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of
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s,
marine 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
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s in the
family
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Littorinidae
The Littorinidae are a taxonomic family of over 200 species of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha, commonly known as periwinkles and found worldwide.
Names
In English-speaking countries, gastropod molluscs from ...
, the winkles or periwinkles.
[Bouchet, P.; Reid, David G. (2012). Melarhaphe Menke, 1828. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=446368 on 2012-08-23]
Species
Species within the genus ''Melarhaphe'' include:
* ''
Melarhaphe neritoides
''Melarhaphe neritoides'', common name : the small periwinkle, is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.
This species was previously known as ''Littorina neritoides''.
...
''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Melarhaphe blanfordi''
Dunker, 1871: synonym of ''
Littoraria articulata''
(Philippi, 1846)
* ''Melarhaphe induta''
(Westerlund, 1898): synonym of ''
Melarhaphe neritoides
''Melarhaphe neritoides'', common name : the small periwinkle, is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.
This species was previously known as ''Littorina neritoides''.
...
''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''Melarhaphe oliveri''
Finlay, 1930: synonym of ''
Austrolittorina antipodum''
(Philippi, 1847)
* ''Melarhaphe scabra''
(Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of ''
Littoraria scabra''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''Melarhaphe subgranosa''
Dunker in Dunker & Zelebor, 1866: synonym of ''
Echinolittorina leucosticta''
(Philippi, 1847)
* ''Melarhaphe undulata''
(Gray, 1839): synonym of ''
Littoraria undulata''
(Gray, 1839)
* ''Melarhaphe zelandiae''
Finlay, 1927: synonym of ''
Austrolittorina cincta''
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
References
* Reid, D.G. (1986). ''The littorinid molluscs of mangrove forests in the Indo-Pacific region''. British Museum (Natural History), London
* Reid, D. G. 1989. ''The Comparative Morphology, Phylogeny and Evolution of the Gastropod Family, Littorinidae''. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 324: 1-110.
Littorinidae
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