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Melanella Bowdich, 1822

137978 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137978)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
  6. Littorinimorpha (Order)
  7. Vanikoroidea (Superfamily)
  8. Eulimidae (Family)
  9. Melanella (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Melanella dufresnii Bowdich, 1822 (type by monotypy)
Eulimidae R. A. Philippi, 1853
Balcis Leach, 1847 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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  1. Species Melanella acicula (A. A. Gould, 1849)
  2. Species Melanella alba (da Costa, 1778)
  3. Species Melanella algoensis (E. A. Smith, 1901)
  4. Species Melanella atlantica (E. A. Smith, 1890)
  5. Species Melanella attenuata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1866)
  6. Species Melanella cifara Bartsch, 1915
  7. Species Melanella cumingii (A. Adams, 1854)
  8. Species Melanella dufresnii Bowdich, 1822
  9. Species Melanella flexuosa (A. Adams, 1854)
  10. Species Melanella hastata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)
  11. Species Melanella iotoides Bartsch, 1916
  12. Species Melanella jucunda (Thiele, 1925)
  13. Species Melanella lactea (A. Adams, 1854)
  14. Species Melanella major (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)
  15. Species Melanella muelleriae (Sturany, 1903)
  16. Species Melanella polita (Linnaeus, 1758)
  17. Species Melanella solida (G. B. Sowerby II, 1865)
  18. Species Melanella trunca (R. B. Watson, 1897)
  19. Species Melanella munda (E. A. Smith, 1899) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  20. Species Melanella asser Bartsch, 1915 accepted as Fusceulima asser (Bartsch, 1915)
  21. Species Melanella dilecta (E. A. Smith, 1899) accepted as Parvioris dilecta (E. A. Smith, 1899)
  22. Species Melanella dufresnei [sic] accepted as Melanella dufresnii Bowdich, 1822 (misspelling)
  23. Species Melanella farica Bartsch, 1915 accepted as Oceanida farica (Bartsch, 1915) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  24. Species Melanella inconspicua (R. B. Watson, 1897) accepted as Eulima inconspicua R. B. Watson, 1897
  25. Species Melanella inflexa (Blainville, 1825) accepted as Melanella dufresnii Bowdich, 1822
  26. Species Melanella lutea Rodrìguez Garcìa del Castillo, 2000 accepted as Melanella trunca (R. B. Watson, 1897) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  27. Species Melanella subangulata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834) accepted as Melanella alba (da Costa, 1778)
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] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Melanella Bowdich, 1822. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137978 on 2026-08-06
Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Melanella Bowdich, 1822. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137978 on 2026-08-06
Date
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Gofas, Serge
2013-09-07 02:55:47Z
changed
Rosenberg, Gary
2017-07-02 00:47:59Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe
2019-10-25 07:36:02Z
changed
Vinarski, Maxim
2026-04-19 09:11:57Z
unchecked
Neubauer, Thomas A.

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] 

original description (of Balcis Leach, 1847) Gray, J. E. (1847). The classification of the British Mollusca, by W. E. Leach, M.D. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (1) 20(133): 267-273. [published 1 October 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2278926
page(s): 271 [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  PDF available
 
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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Balcis) (from synonym Balcis Leach, 1847)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Melanella) 
To Genbank (from synonym Balcis Leach, 1847)
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