Canadian Register of Marine Species - Melampus bidentatus Say, 1822

CaRMS taxon details

Melampus bidentatus Say, 1822

To ANSP Malacology Collection in GBIF (catalog no. 86926)

AphiaID

160368 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:160368)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Melampus Montfort, 1810

Original name

Melampus bidentatus Say, 1822

Environment

marine, brackish, ~~fresh~~

Original description

Say, T. (1822). An account of some of the marine shells of the United States. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. 2(1): 221-248; 2(2): 257-276, 302-325., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36831411
page(s): 245-247 [details]

Descriptive notes

Distribution Range: 48°N to 18°N; 97.2°W to 70°W. Distribution: Canada: Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick; USA:...

Distribution Range: 48°N to 18°N; 97.2°W to 70°W. Distribution: Canada: Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick; USA: Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida; Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; USA: Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas; Mexico; Mexico: Veracruz, Campeche State, Yucatan State, Quintana Roo; Belize, Bermuda, Bahamas; Bahamas: Grand Bahama Island, Abaco (Great & Little), Bimini, Andros, New Providence, Eleuthera, Cay Sal; Turks and Caicos, Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Melampus bidentatus Say, 1822. Accessed through: Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/CaRMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160368 on 2026-06-21

Regional species database citation

Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2026). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Melampus bidentatus Say, 1822. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160368 on 2026-06-21

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-31 09:09:36Z

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Claus, Simon

2010-03-31 06:40:42Z

checked

Rosenberg, Gary

2010-10-01 21:22:21Z

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Rosenberg, Gary

2020-02-04 10:21:20Z

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Rosenberg, Gary

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original description Say, T. (1822). An account of some of the marine shells of the United States. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. 2(1): 221-248; 2(2): 257-276, 302-325., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36831411
page(s): 245-247 [details]

context source (Bermuda) Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp [details]

basis of record Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Rosenberg, G. (2004). Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA., available online at https://web.archive.org/web/20250405073114/http://www.malacolog.org/ [details]

additional source Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] Available for editors

additional source Rosenberg, G. 1992. Encyclopedia of Seashells. Dorset: New York. 224 pp.
page(s): 124 [details]

additional source Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1854). Monographs of Ellobium and Melampus, two genera of pulmoniferous Mollusca. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1854) 22: 7-13., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747376
page(s): 10 [details]

additional source Thompson, L. S. (1984). Comparison of the diets of the tidal marsh snail, Melampus bidentatus and the amphipod, Orchestia grillus. The Nautilus. 98(1): 44-53., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8277064 [details]

additional source Holland, B., Loomis, S. H. & Gordon, J. L. (1991). Ice formation and freezing damage in the foot muscle of the intertidal snail Melampus bidentatus. Cryobiology. 28(5): 491-498., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/0011-2240(91)90059-w [details]

additional source Grandy, J. W., IV. (1972). Winter distribution of Melampus bidentatus (Say) on a Cape Cod salt marsh. The Nautilus. 85(3): 106-109., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8516210 [details]

additional source Fell, P. E. & Williams, J. H. (1985). Distribution of the snail, Melampus bidentatus and the mussel, Geukensia demissa, along the Pataguanset Estuary (Connecticut) in relation to salinity and other tidal marsh invertebrates. The Nautilus. 99(1): 21-28., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8276665 [details]

additional source Burnham, B. H. & Fell, P. E. (1989). Distribution of Melampus bidentatus (Say) and Succinea wilsoni (Lea) within a tidal marsh in eastern Connecticut. The Nautilus. 103(3): 109-112., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8278115 [details]

additional source Spelke, J. A., Fell, P. E. & Helvenston, L. L. (1995). Population structure, growth and fecundity of Melampus bidentatus (Say) from two regions of a tidal marsh complex in Connecticut. The Nautilus. 108(2): 42-47, figs. 1-5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8273278 [details]