Deep-Sea taxon details
Melanella Bowdich, 1822
137978 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137978)
accepted
Genus
Melanella (Balcis) Leach, 1847 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Melanella chariessa (A. E. Verrill, 1884)
- Species Melanella densicostata Bouchet & Warén, 1986
- Species Melanella doederleini (Brusina, 1886)
- Species Melanella fasciata (R. B. Watson, 1883)
- Species Melanella frielei (H. K. Jordan, 1895)
- Species Melanella gagei Bouchet & Warén, 1986
- Species Melanella guenteri Engl, 2004
- Species Melanella hadalis Knudsen, 1964
- Species Melanella hebes (R. B. Watson, 1883)
- Species Melanella hians (R. B. Watson, 1883)
- Species Melanella jeffreysii (Tryon, 1886)
- Species Melanella karolinae Engl, 2006
- Species Melanella lucida (A. E. Verrill, 1884)
- Species Melanella martynjordani (H. K. Jordan, 1895)
- Species Melanella microsculpta Bouchet & Warén, 1986
- Species Melanella myriotrochi Bouchet & Warén, 1986
- Species Melanella nilae Engl, 2006
- Species Melanella obtusoapicata Bouchet & Warén, 1986
- Species Melanella planisutis Bouchet & Warén, 1986
- Species Melanella pseudoglabra (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1912)
- Species Melanella sarissa (R. B. Watson, 1883)
- Species Melanella similior Bouchet & Warén, 1986
- Species Melanella spiridioni (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896)
- Species Melanella turbonilloides Bouchet & Warén, 1986
- Subgenus Melanella (Balcis) Leach, 1847 accepted as Melanella Bowdich, 1822 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Melanella obtusa (Jeffreys, 1884) accepted as Melanella obtusoapicata Bouchet & Warén, 1986
- Species Melanella platyacme (Sykes, 1903) accepted as Melanella jeffreysii (Tryon, 1886)
- Species Melanella solida (Jeffreys, 1884) accepted as Melanella jeffreysii (Tryon, 1886) (based on preoccupied original name)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Bowdich, T.E. (1822). <i>Elements of conchology, including the fossil genera and the animals. Part I. Univalves</i>. 79 pp., 19 pls. Paris. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/45861
page(s): 27 [details]
page(s): 27 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Melanella Bowdich, 1822. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137978 on 2026-07-05
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Melanella Bowdich, 1822. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137978 on 2026-07-05
Date
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original description
Bowdich, T.E. (1822). <i>Elements of conchology, including the fossil genera and the animals. Part I. Univalves</i>. 79 pp., 19 pls. Paris. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/45861
page(s): 27 [details]
basis of record Warén, A. (1984). A generic revision of the family Eulimidae (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> suppl., 13: 1-96., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/49.supplement_13.1
page(s): 54 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 27 [details]
basis of record Warén, A. (1984). A generic revision of the family Eulimidae (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> suppl., 13: 1-96., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/49.supplement_13.1
page(s): 54 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
