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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^[1]

Melanella abida Dall, 1927
Melanella acanthyllis (R. B. Watson, 1883)
Melanella acicula (A. Gould, 1849)
Melanella aciculata (Pease, 1861)
Melanella acuformis (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1875)
Melanella adamantina (de Folin, 1867)
Melanella adiastalta Souza, Pimenta & J. Barros, 2021
Melanella aequatorialis (Thiele, 1925)
Melanella aethiopica (Thiele, 1925)
Melanella aethria (Melvill, 1918)
Melanella agulhasensis (Thiele, 1925)
Melanella alba (da Costa, 1778)
Melanella alertae (Dell, 1956)
Melanella alfredensis Bartsch, 1915
Melanella algoensis (E. A. Smith)
Melanella amabilis (Brazier, 1877)
Melanella amblia (R. B. Watson, 1883)
Melanella amblytera (Verrill & Bush, 1900)
Melanella ameliae Engl, 2007
Melanella anachorea Dall, 1927
Melanella anapetes Souza, Pimenta & J. Barros, 2021
Melanella antarctica (Strebel, 1908)
Melanella archeyi (Finlay, 1928)
Melanella arenularia (Gougerot in Perreau, 1969) †
Melanella arleyi Espinosa, Ortea & Magaña, 2001
Melanella atlantica (E. A. Smith, 1890)
Melanella attenuata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1866)
Melanella aucklandica (Suter, 1909)
Melanella augur (Angas, 1865)
Melanella badenia (Laws, 1939) †
Melanella baldra Bartsch, 1917
Melanella becki (Turton, 1932)
Melanella bipartita (Mörch, 1859)
Melanella borealis (Bartsch, 1917)
Melanella boscheineni Engl, 2004
Melanella boscii (Payraudeau, 1826)
Melanella bovicornu (Pilsbry, 1905)
Melanella breviuscula (Dunker, 1875)
Melanella brunnimaculata (Kay, 1979)
Melanella bryani Pilsbry, 1918
Melanella callistemma Dall, 1927
Melanella candida (Marrat, 1880)
Melanella catalinensis Bartsch, 1917
Melanella chariessa (Verrill, 1884)
Melanella chydaea (Watson, 1883)
Melanella cifara Bartsch, 1915
Melanella clavula (A. Adams, 1861)
Melanella collator (Laws, 1944) †
Melanella compactilis (Locard, 1891)
Melanella conoidalis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1865)
Melanella conoidea (Kurtz & W. Stimpson, 1851)
Melanella convexa (E. A. Smith, 1907)
Melanella corintonis (Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1951)
Melanella cosmia Bartsch, 1917
Melanella costellata (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1897)
Melanella cumingii (A. Adams, 1854)
Melanella cunaeformis (May, 1915)
Melanella cuspidata (A. Adams, 1854)
Melanella cyclopia Scuderi, Tisselli & Micali, 2022
Melanella cylindrica (Thiele, 1925)
Melanella debilis (A. Adams, 1861)
Melanella decagyra (Melvill & Standen, 1903)
Melanella decipiens (Hedley, 1899)
Melanella densicostata Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Melanella distorta (Defrance, 1823) †
Melanella doederleini (Brusina, 1886)
Melanella draconis Bartsch, 1917
Melanella dubusi (Cossmann & Pissarro, 1902) †
Melanella dufresnii Bowdich, 1822
Melanella eburnea (Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1824)
Melanella elenensis (Bartsch, 1924)
Melanella elsa Thiele, 1930
Melanella eulimoides (C. B. Adams, 1850)
Melanella exasperata (Preston, 1905)
Melanella exilis (Pease, 1863)
Melanella exulata (E. A. Smith, 1915)
Melanella falcata (Carpenter, 1865)
Melanella fasciata (R. B. Watson, 1883)
Melanella flexuosa (A. Adams, 1854)
Melanella frielei (H. K. Jordan, 1895)
Melanella gagei Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Melanella geoffreyi (Laws, 1936) †
Melanella glypta Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Melanella gracilis (C. B. Adams, 1850)
Melanella gradata (Cotton & Godfrey, 1932)
Melanella grandis (A. Adams, 1853)
Melanella gratiosa (Thiele, 1925)
Melanella grippi (Bartsch, 1917)
Melanella guenteri Engl, 2004
Melanella hadalis Knudsen, 1964
Melanella halia Bartsch, 1917
Melanella halorhaphe (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896)
Melanella hastata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)
Melanella hebes (R. B. Watson, 1883)
Melanella hemphilli Bartsch, 1917
Melanella hians (R. B. Watson, 1883)
Melanella hypsela (Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1900)
Melanella ima Pilsbry, 1918
Melanella indica (Preston, 1905)
Melanella insculpta Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Melanella iotoides Bartsch, 1916
Melanella ira Dall, 1927
Melanella jeffreysii (Tryon, 1886)
Melanella jucunda (Thiele, 1925)
Melanella junieri Espinosa, Ortea & Magaña, 2006
Melanella kaiparaensis (Laws, 1939) †
Melanella kanaka Pilsbry, 1917
Melanella karolinae Engl, 2006
Melanella kermadecensis W. R. B. Oliver, 1915
Melanella kuronamako (Habe, 1952)
Melanella lactea (A. Adams, 1854)
Melanella lastra Bartsch, 1917
Melanella laurae (Friele, 1886)
Melanella lautoides Finlay & Marwick, 1937 †
Melanella letsonae Pilsbry, 1917
Melanella levantina (Oliverio, Buzzurro & R. Villa, 1994)
Melanella lubrica (Monterosato, 1890)
Melanella luchuana (Pilsbry, 1901)
Melanella lucida (A. E. Verrill, 1884)
Melanella luminosa B. A. Marshall, 1997
Melanella lunata Pilsbry, 1918
Melanella magnifica (Bartsch, 1915)
Melanella major (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)
Melanella mamilla (May, 1915)
Melanella maoria (Powell, 1940)
Melanella martinii (A. Adams, 1854)
Melanella martynjordani (H. K. Jordan, 1895)
Melanella marviva Espinosa, Ortea & Magaña, 2006
Melanella maui (Dell, 1952)
Melanella micans (P. P. Carpenter, 1865)
Melanella microsculpta Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Melanella mimus Pilsbry, 1918
Melanella minor (Pallary, 1904)
Melanella modesta (Thiele, 1925)
Melanella modesta Thiele, 1930
Melanella montereyensis Bartsch, 1917
Melanella monterosatoi (Monterosato, 1890)
Melanella muelleriae (Sturany, 1903)
Melanella mundula (A. Adams, 1861)
Melanella myriotrochi Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Melanella nilae Engl, 2006
Melanella nisonida (Melvill, 1906)
Melanella obtusa (Laseron, 1955)
Melanella obtusoapicata Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Melanella ochsneri Bartsch, 1917
Melanella odontoidea (A. Adams, 1861)
Melanella ogasawarana (Pilsbry, 1905)
Melanella oldroydae Bartsch, 1917
Melanella oleacea (Kurtz & W. Stimpson, 1851)
Melanella olssoni (Bartsch, 1924)
Melanella opaca (G. B. Sowerby II, 1865)
Melanella opalina (J. T. Marshall, 1901)
Melanella ophiodon Dall, 1927
Melanella orientalis Agamennone, Micali & Siragusa, 2020
Melanella orphanensis A. H. Clarke, 1974
Melanella orthophyes (Sturany, 1903)
Melanella otagoensis (Powell, 1927)
Melanella oxyacme (Suter, 1908)
Melanella oxytata (R. B. Watson, 1883)
Melanella pandata (A. Adams, 1861)
Melanella paraabida Souza, Pimenta & J. Barros, 2021
Melanella parallela Dall, 1927
Melanella parviapertura Landau, La Perna & Marquet, 2006 †
Melanella patutahiensis Marwick, 1931 †
Melanella paxillus (Hedley, 1904)
Melanella peninsularis Bartsch, 1917
Melanella penna Dall, 1927
Melanella pepediazi Landau, La Perna & Marquet, 2006 †
Melanella perplexa W. R. B. Oliver, 1915
Melanella persimilis (Kuroda & Habe, 1971)
Melanella petitiana (Brusina, 1869)
Melanella pisinna Rehder, 1980
Melanella planisutis Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Melanella plioiberica Landau, La Perna & Marquet, 2006 †
Melanella polita (Linnaeus, 1758)
Melanella polygyra (Charlesworth, 1851) †
Melanella pontilis P. A. Maxwell, 1992 †
Melanella praecurta (Pallary, 1904)
Melanella producta (P. P. Carpenter, 1863)
Melanella pseudoglabra (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1912)
Melanella puhana (Dell, 1956)
Melanella reticulata Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Melanella retrorsa (G. B. Sowerby II, 1865)
Melanella retusa (Pezant, 1911) †
Melanella richardi (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896)
Melanella robusta (A. Adams, 1861)
Melanella roegerae (Cotton & Godfrey, 1932)
Melanella salvadori Castellanos, Rolán & Bartolotta, 1987
Melanella sankurieae Engl, 2004
Melanella sansibarica (Thiele, 1925)
Melanella sarissa (R. B. Watson, 1883)
Melanella scarifata Gofas & Rueda, 2014
Melanella seguenzai Di Geronimo & La Perna, 1999 †
Melanella shibana (Yokoyama, 1927)
Melanella siberutensis (Thiele, 1925)
Melanella similior Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Melanella similis (d'Orbigny, 1852) †
Melanella solida (G. B. Sowerby II, 1865)
Melanella solidula (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
Melanella soliduloides (Habe, 1951)
Melanella solitaria (E. A. Smith, 1915)
Melanella sororcula (Wrigley, 1945) †
Melanella sowerbyi (Newton, 1891) †
Melanella spina (O. Boettger, 1893)
Melanella spinosa W. R. B. Oliver, 1915
Melanella spiridioni (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896)
Melanella stalioi (Brusina, 1869)
Melanella stamina Dall, 1927
Melanella subantarctica (Strebel, 1908)
Melanella subemarginata (Deshayes, 1862) †
Melanella subula (A. Adams, 1861)
Melanella sulculata (Wrigley, 1945) †
Melanella tanabensis Takano, Tanaka & Kano, 2019
Melanella teinostoma (A. Adams, 1854)
Melanella teramachii (Habe, 1952)
Melanella thalia Bartsch, 1915
Melanella thersites (P. P. Carpenter, 1864)
Melanella tia (Bartsch, 1926)
Melanella tortuosa (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
Melanella townsendi Bartsch, 1917
Melanella translucens (Monterosato, 1890)
Melanella trunca (R. B. Watson, 1897)
Melanella truncata (Suter, 1908)
Melanella turbonilloides Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Melanella turrita Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Melanella tutamoensis Marwick, 1931 †
Melanella variabilis (Schepman, 1913)
Melanella vegrandis (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
Melanella versa Dall, 1927
Melanella waiaotea (Laws, 1941) †
Melanella waikomitica (Laws, 1939) †
Melanella wareni Landau, La Perna & Marquet, 2006 †
Melanella yamazii (Habe, 1952)
Melanella zugnigae Espinosa, Ortea & Magaña, 2001

Melanella martinii, abapertural view

Three shells of Melanella solidula

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

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^ ^a ^b 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
^ OBIS : Melanella

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

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Melanella Bowdich 1822

Melanella

Species

References

Melanella: Brief Summary