Melanella Explained
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
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
- 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
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 [85–86, 101] [Euliamaustra 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
Notes and References
- 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
- http://clade.ansp.org/obis/search.php/10440 OBIS : Melanella
