WoRMS taxon details
Melanella Bowdich, 1822
137978 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137978)
accepted
Genus
Melanella dufresnii Bowdich, 1822 (type by monotypy)
Melanella (Melanella) Bowdich, 1822· accepted, alternate representation
Species Melanella abida Dall, 1927
Species Melanella acanthyllis (R. B. Watson, 1883)
Species Melanella acicula (Gould, 1849)
Species Melanella aciculata (Pease, 1861)
Species Melanella acuformis (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1875)
Species Melanella adamantina (de Folin, 1867)
Species Melanella adiastalta Souza, Pimenta & Barros, 2021
Species Melanella aequatorialis (Thiele, 1925)
Species Melanella aethiopica (Thiele, 1925)
Species Melanella aethria (Melvill, 1918)
Species Melanella agulhasensis (Thiele, 1925)
Species Melanella alayoi Espinosa, Ortea & Magaña, 2001
Species Melanella alba (da Costa, 1778)
Species Melanella alertae (Dell, 1956)
Species Melanella alfredensis Bartsch, 1915
Species Melanella algoensis (E. A. Smith, 1901)
Species Melanella amabilis (Brazier, 1877)
Species Melanella amblia (R. B. Watson, 1883)
Species Melanella amblytera (Verrill & Bush, 1900)
Species Melanella ameliae Engl, 2007
Species Melanella anachorea Dall, 1927
Species Melanella anapetes Souza, Pimenta & Barros, 2021
Species Melanella antarctica (Strebel, 1908)
Species Melanella archeyi (Finlay, 1928)
Species Melanella arleyi Espinosa, Ortea & Magaña, 2001
Species Melanella atlantica (E. A. Smith, 1890)
Species Melanella attenuata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1866)
Species Melanella aucklandica (Suter, 1909)
Species Melanella augur (Angas, 1865)
Species Melanella baldra Bartsch, 1917
Species Melanella becki (W. H. Turton, 1932)
Species Melanella bipartita (Mörch, 1859)
Species Melanella borealis (Bartsch, 1917)
Species Melanella boscheineni Engl, 2004
Species Melanella boscii (Payraudeau, 1826)
Species Melanella bovicornu (Pilsbry, 1905)
Species Melanella breviuscula (Dunker, 1875)
Species Melanella brunnimaculata (Kay, 1979)
Species Melanella bryani Pilsbry, 1918
Species Melanella callistemma Dall, 1927
Species Melanella candida (Marrat, 1880)
Species Melanella catalinensis Bartsch, 1917
Species Melanella chariessa (A. E. Verrill, 1884)
Species Melanella chydaea (R. B. Watson, 1883)
Species Melanella cifara Bartsch, 1915
Species Melanella clavula (A. Adams, 1861)
Species Melanella compactilis (Locard, 1891)
Species Melanella conoidalis (Sowerby, 1865)
Species Melanella conoidea (Kurtz & Stimpson, 1851)
Species Melanella convexa (E. A. Smith, 1907)
Species Melanella corintonis (Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1951)
Species Melanella cosmia Bartsch, 1917
Species Melanella costellata (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1897)
Species Melanella cumingii (A. Adams, 1854)
Species Melanella cunaeformis (May, 1915)
Species Melanella cuspidata (A. Adams, 1854)
Species Melanella cylindrica (Thiele, 1925)
Species Melanella debilis (A. Adams, 1861)
Species Melanella decagyra (Melvill & Standen, 1903)
Species Melanella decipiens (Hedley, 1899)
Species Melanella densicostata Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Species Melanella doederleini (Brusina, 1886)
Species Melanella draconis Bartsch, 1917
Species Melanella dufresnii Bowdich, 1822
Species Melanella eburnea (Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1824)
Species Melanella elenensis (Bartsch, 1924)
Species Melanella elsa Thiele, 1930
Species Melanella eulimoides (C. B. Adams, 1850)
Species Melanella exasperata (Preston, 1905)
Species Melanella exilis (Pease, 1863)
Species Melanella exulata (E. A. Smith, 1915)
Species Melanella falcata (Carpenter, 1865)
Species Melanella fasciata (R. B. Watson, 1883)
Species Melanella flexuosa (A. Adams, 1854)
Species Melanella frielei (H. K. Jordan, 1895)
Species Melanella gagei Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Species Melanella glypta Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Species Melanella gracilis (C. B. Adams, 1850)
Species Melanella gradata (Cotton & Godfrey, 1932)
Species Melanella grandis (A. Adams, 1854)
Species Melanella gratiosa (Thiele, 1925)
Species Melanella grippi (Bartsch, 1917)
Species Melanella guenteri Engl, 2004
Species Melanella guildingii (A. Adams, 1854)
Species Melanella hadalis Knudsen, 1964
Species Melanella halia Bartsch, 1917
Species Melanella halorhaphe (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896)
Species Melanella hastata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)
Species Melanella hebes (R. B. Watson, 1883)
Species Melanella hemphilli Bartsch, 1917
Species Melanella hians (R. B. Watson, 1883)
Species Melanella hypsela (Verrill & Bush, 1900)
Species Melanella ima Pilsbry, 1918
Species Melanella indica (Preston, 1905)
Species Melanella insculpta Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Species Melanella iotoides Bartsch, 1916
Species Melanella ira Dall, 1927
Species Melanella jeffreysii (Tryon, 1886)
Species Melanella jucunda (Thiele, 1925)
Species Melanella junieri Espinosa, Ortea & Magaña, 2006
Species Melanella kanaka Pilsbry, 1917
Species Melanella karolinae Engl, 2006
Species Melanella kermadecensis W. R. B. Oliver, 1915
Species Melanella kuronamako (Habe, 1952)
Species Melanella lactea (A. Adams, 1854)
Species Melanella lastra Bartsch, 1917
Species Melanella laurae (Friele, 1886)
Species Melanella letsonae Pilsbry, 1917
Species Melanella levantina (Oliverio, Buzzurro & Villa, 1994)
Species Melanella lubrica (Monterosato, 1890)
Species Melanella luchuana (Pilsbry, 1901)
Species Melanella lucida (A. E. Verrill, 1884)
Species Melanella luminosa B. A. Marshall, 1997
Species Melanella lunata Pilsbry, 1918
Species Melanella magnifica (Bartsch, 1915)
Species Melanella major (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)
Species Melanella mamilla (May, 1915)
Species Melanella maoria (Powell, 1940)
Species Melanella maracuya Espinosa, Ortea & Magaña, 2001
Species Melanella martinii (A. Adams in Sowerby, 1854)
Species Melanella martynjordani (H. K. Jordan, 1895)
Species Melanella marviva Espinosa, Ortea & Magaña, 2006
Species Melanella maui (Dell, 1952)
Species Melanella micans (Carpenter, 1865)
Species Melanella microsculpta Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Species Melanella mimus Pilsbry, 1918
Species Melanella minor (Pallary, 1904)
Species Melanella modesta (Thiele, 1925)
Species Melanella modesta Thiele, 1930
Species Melanella montereyensis Bartsch, 1917
Species Melanella monterosatoi (Monterosato, 1890)
Species Melanella muelleriae (Sturany, 1903)
Species Melanella mundula (A. Adams, 1861)
Species Melanella myriotrochi Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Species Melanella nilae Engl, 2006
Species Melanella nisonida (Melvill, 1906)
Species Melanella obtusa (Laseron, 1955)
Species Melanella obtusoapicata Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Species Melanella ochsneri (Bartsch, 1917)
Species Melanella odontoidea (A. Adams, 1861)
Species Melanella ogasawarana (Pilsbry, 1905)
Species Melanella oldroydae Bartsch, 1917
Species Melanella oleacea (Kurtz & Stimpson, 1851)
Species Melanella olssoni (Bartsch, 1924)
Species Melanella opaca (G. B. Sowerby II, 1865)
Species Melanella opalina (J. T. Marshall, 1901)
Species Melanella ophiodon Dall, 1927
Species Melanella orientalis Agamennone, Micali & Siragusa, 2020
Species Melanella orphanensis A. H. Clarke, 1974
Species Melanella orthophyes (Sturany, 1903)
Species Melanella otagoensis (Powell, 1927)
Species Melanella oxyacme (Suter, 1908)
Species Melanella oxytata (R. B. Watson, 1883)
Species Melanella pandata (A. Adams, 1861)
Species Melanella paraabida Souza, Pimenta & Barros, 2021
Species Melanella parallela Dall, 1927
Species Melanella paxillus (Hedley, 1904)
Species Melanella peninsularis Bartsch, 1917
Species Melanella penna Dall, 1927
Species Melanella perplexa W. R. B. Oliver, 1915
Species Melanella persimilis (Kuroda & Habe, 1971)
Species Melanella perversa (Bush, 1909)
Species Melanella petitiana (Brusina, 1869)
Species Melanella pisinna Rehder, 1980
Species Melanella planisutis Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Species Melanella polita (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Melanella praecurta (Pallary, 1904)
Species Melanella producta (Carpenter, 1863)
Species Melanella pseudoglabra (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1912)
Species Melanella puhana (Dell, 1956)
Species Melanella reticulata Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Species Melanella retrorsa (G. B. Sowerby II, 1865)
Species Melanella richardi (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896)
Species Melanella robusta (A. Adams, 1861)
Species Melanella roegerae (Cotton & Godfrey, 1932)
Species Melanella salvadori Castellanos, Rolán & Bartolotta, 1987
Species Melanella sankurieae Engl, 2004
Species Melanella sansibarica (Thiele, 1925)
Species Melanella sarissa (R. B. Watson, 1883)
Species Melanella scarifata Gofas & Rueda, 2014
Species Melanella shibana (Yokoyama, 1927)
Species Melanella siberutensis (Thiele, 1925)
Species Melanella similior Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Species Melanella solida (G. B. Sowerby II, 1865)
Species Melanella solidula (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
Species Melanella soliduloides (Habe, 1951)
Species Melanella solitaria (E. A. Smith, 1915)
Species Melanella spina (O. Boettger, 1893)
Species Melanella spinosa W. R. B. Oliver, 1915
Species Melanella spiridioni (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896)
Species Melanella stalioi (Brusina, 1869)
Species Melanella stamina Dall, 1927
Species Melanella subantarctica (Strebel, 1908)
Species Melanella subula (A. Adams, 1861)
Species Melanella tanabensis Takano, Tanaka & Kano, 2019
Species Melanella teinostoma (A. Adams, 1854)
Species Melanella teramachii (Habe, 1952)
Species Melanella thalia Bartsch, 1915
Species Melanella thersites (Carpenter, 1864)
Species Melanella tia (Bartsch, 1926)
Species Melanella tortuosa (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
Species Melanella townsendi Bartsch, 1917
Species Melanella translucens (Monterosato, 1890)
Species Melanella trunca (R. B. Watson, 1897)
Species Melanella truncata (Suter, 1908)
Species Melanella turbonilloides Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Species Melanella turrita Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Species Melanella variabilis (Schepman, 1913)
Species Melanella vegrandis (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
Species Melanella versa Dall, 1927
Species Melanella xiphidiopsis (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896)
Species Melanella yamazii (Habe, 1952)
Species Melanella zugnigae Espinosa, Ortea & Magaña, 2001
Species Melanella angulata (A. Adams, 1861) (taxon inquirendum)
Species Melanella berryi Bartsch, 1917 (taxon inquirendum)
Species Melanella chrysallida (A. Adams, 1861) (taxon inquirendum)
Species Melanella conica (C. B. Adams, 1850) (taxon inquirendum)
Species Melanella munda (E. A. Smith, 1899) (taxon inquirendum)
Species Melanella nivea (A. Adams, 1861) (taxon inquirendum)
Species Melanella opalina (de Folin, 1867) (taxon inquirendum)
Species Melanella pernula (Monterosato, 1890) (taxon inquirendum)
Species Melanella pocahontasae (Henderson & Bartsch, 1914) (taxon inquirendum)
Species Melanella quadrasi (Boettger, 1893) (taxon inquirendum)
Species Melanella retexta (Carpenter, 1857) (taxon inquirendum)
Species Melanella subtruncata (Thiele, 1925) (taxon inquirendum)
Species Melanella tacomaensis Bartsch, 1917 (taxon inquirendum)
Species Melanella acrifa Bartsch, 1915 (nomen dubium)
Species Melanella testacea (Leach, 1852) (nomen nudum)
Subgenus Melanella (Melanella) Bowdich, 1822 represented as Melanella Bowdich, 1822
Species Melanella abreojosensis Bartsch, 1917 accepted as Oceanida abreojosensis (Bartsch, 1917) (unaccepted combination)
Species Melanella acuta (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834) accepted as Hypermastus acutus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)
Species Melanella anceps (J. T. Marshall, 1901) accepted as Melanella frielei (H. K. Jordan, 1895)
Species Melanella anglica (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834) accepted as Melanella alba (da Costa, 1778)
Species Melanella anteflexa accepted as Vitreolina antiflexa (Monterosato, 1884) (unjustidfied emendation by Locard, 1892)
Species Melanella apheles (Tenison Woods, 1879) accepted as Melanella augur (Angas, 1865)
Species Melanella araeosomae (Habe, 1992) accepted as Hypermastus araeosomae Habe, 1992
Species Melanella arcuata (C. B. Adams, 1850) accepted as Vitreolina arcuata (C. B. Adams, 1850)
Species Melanella asser Bartsch, 1915 accepted as Fusceulima asser (Bartsch, 1915)
Species Melanella atypha (Verrill & Bush, 1900) accepted as Eulima atypha Verrill & Bush, 1900
Species Melanella aurata Hirase, 1920 accepted as Vitreolina aurata (Hirase, 1920)
Species Melanella bakeri (Bartsch, 1917) accepted as Pseudosabinella bakeri (Bartsch, 1917)
Species Melanella bermudezi Pilsbry & Aguayo, 1933 accepted as Vitreolina bermudezi (Pilsbry & Aguayo, 1933)
Species Melanella bibsae Nowell-Usticke, 1959 accepted as Scalenostoma subulatum (Broderip, 1832)
Species Melanella brevis (Requien, 1848) accepted as Melanella boscii (Payraudeau, 1826)
Species Melanella californica Bartsch, 1917 accepted as Hypermastus randolphi (Vanatta, 1900)
Species Melanella capa (Bartsch, 1926) accepted as Melanella olssoni (Bartsch, 1924)
Species Melanella capensis (Thiele, 1915) accepted as Curveulima capensis (Thiele, 1915)
Species Melanella carifa Bartsch, 1915 accepted as Curveulima carifa (Bartsch, 1915)
Species Melanella chascanon (R. B. Watson, 1883) accepted as Eulima chascanon R. B. Watson, 1883 accepted as Eulimacrostoma chascanon (R. B. Watson, 1883)
Species Melanella chaunax (R. B. Watson, 1883) accepted as Eulima chaunax R. B. Watson, 1883
Species Melanella cinca Dall, 1927 accepted as Melanella sarissa (R. B. Watson, 1883)
Species Melanella clypeastericola (Habe, 1976) accepted as Clypeastericola clypeastericola (Habe, 1976)
Species Melanella columbiana Bartsch, 1917 accepted as Vitreolina columbiana (Bartsch, 1917)
Species Melanella compacta (Carpenter, 1864) accepted as Eulima compacta Carpenter, 1864
Species Melanella compsa (Verrill & Bush, 1900) accepted as Eulima compsa Verrill & Bush, 1900
Species Melanella corrida Dall, 1927 accepted as Melanella abida Dall, 1927
Species Melanella crossei (Brusina, 1886) accepted as Eulima crossei (Brusina, 1886)
Species Melanella cylindrata (R. B. Watson, 1883) accepted as Eulima cylindrata R. B. Watson, 1883
Species Melanella dalli (Bartsch, 1917) accepted as Melanella cumingii (A. Adams, 1854)
Species Melanella delmontensis (A. G. Smith & Gordon, 1948) accepted as Eulima thersites Carpenter, 1864 accepted as Melanella thersites (Carpenter, 1864)
Species Melanella dilecta (E. A. Smith, 1899) accepted as Parvioris dilecta (E. A. Smith, 1899)
Species Melanella dufresnei [sic] accepted as Melanella dufresnii Bowdich, 1822 (misspelling)
Species Melanella farica Bartsch, 1915 accepted as Oceanida whitechurchi (W. H. Turton, 1932)
Species Melanella fernandinae Dall, 1927 accepted as Bathycrinicola fernandinae (Dall, 1927) (original combination)
Species Melanella fuscopunctata (E. A. Smith, 1890) accepted as Sticteulima fuscopunctata (E. A. Smith, 1890)
Species Melanella gigas (Kuroda & Habe, 1950) accepted as Melanella teinostoma (A. Adams, 1854)
Species Melanella gomphus (R. B. Watson, 1883) accepted as Eulima gomphus R. B. Watson, 1883
Species Melanella helena Thiele, 1930 accepted as Melanella aciculata (Pease, 1861) (junior synonym)
Species Melanella holothuricola Adam, 1934 accepted as Peasistilifer nitidula (Pease, 1860)
Species Melanella hyalina (R. B. Watson, 1883) accepted as Halielloides hyalina (R. B. Watson, 1883)
Species Melanella icafra Bartsch, 1915 accepted as Curveulima icafra (Bartsch, 1915)
Species Melanella inconspicua (R. B. Watson, 1897) accepted as Eulima inconspicua R. B. Watson, 1897
Species Melanella inflexa (Blainville, 1825) accepted as Melanella dufresnii Bowdich, 1822
Species Melanella inflexa (Pease, 1868) accepted as Parvioris inflexa (Pease, 1868)
Species Melanella intermedia (Cantraine, 1835) accepted as Melanella polita (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Melanella iota Bartsch, 1915 accepted as Melanella iotoides Bartsch, 1916 (replaced by Melanella iotoides Bartsch, 1916 on account of secondary homonymy with Eulima iota C. B. Adams 1852)
Species Melanella irafca Bartsch, 1915 accepted as Hemiliostraca irafca (Bartsch, 1915)
Species Melanella iredalei (Laseron, 1955) accepted as Melanella acicula (Gould, 1849)
Species Melanella jamaicensis (C. B. Adams, 1845) accepted as Melanella eburnea (Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1824)
Species Melanella kahoolawensis Pilsbry, 1917 accepted as Melanella aciculata (Pease, 1861)
Species Melanella kawamurai (Kuroda & Habe, 1950) accepted as Amamibalcis kawamurai Kuroda & Habe, 1950
Species Melanella kyurokusinensis (Nomura & Hatai, 1940) accepted as Melanella odontoidea (A. Adams, 1861)
Species Melanella laevis (Pennant, 1777) accepted as Melanella alba (da Costa, 1778)
Species Melanella lampra Melvill, 1918 accepted as Oceanida lampra (Melvill, 1918)
Species Melanella langleyi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1892) accepted as Eulima langleyi G. B. Sowerby III, 1892
Species Melanella laseroni Hedley, 1916 accepted as Melanella solitaria (E. A. Smith, 1915)
Species Melanella lineata (Monterosato, 1869) accepted as Fusceulima lineata (Monterosato, 1869)
Species Melanella lutea Rodrigez Garcia del Castillo, 2000 accepted as Melanella trunca (R. B. Watson, 1897)
Species Melanella mabutii Nomura & Hatai, 1935 accepted as Parvioris fulvescens (A. Adams, 1866)
Species Melanella macra Bartsch, 1917 accepted as Vitreolina macra (Bartsch, 1917)
Species Melanella marginata (Tenison Woods, 1879) accepted as Melanella augur (Angas, 1865)
Species Melanella mayi (Tate, 1900) accepted as Melanella augur (Angas, 1865)
Species Melanella mexicana Bartsch, 1917 accepted as Melanella micans (Carpenter, 1865)
Species Melanella montagui (Leach MS, Gray, 1847) accepted as Melanella alba (da Costa, 1778)
Species Melanella murrayae (Cotton & Godfrey, 1932) accepted as Melanella augur (Angas, 1865)
Species Melanella nitidula (A. Adams, 1854) accepted as Eulima adamsii G. B. Sowerby II, 1866
Species Melanella nutans (Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1824) accepted as Vitreobalcis nutans (Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1824)
Species Melanella obtusa (Jeffreys, 1884) accepted as Melanella obtusoapicata Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Species Melanella oldroydi Bartsch, 1917 accepted as Melanella oldroydae Bartsch, 1917 (incorrect gender ending for a species name dedicated to a woman)
Species Melanella orthopleura (Tate, 1898) accepted as Melanella augur (Angas, 1865)
Species Melanella panamensis Bartsch, 1917 accepted as Eulimostraca burragei (Bartsch, 1917)
Species Melanella paxillus (A. Adams, 1861) accepted as Leiostraca pura A. Adams, 1861 accepted as Eulima pura (A. Adams, 1861)
Species Melanella peronellicola (Kuroda & Habe, 1950) accepted as Hypermastus peronellicola (Kuroda & Habe, 1950)
Species Melanella picta (G. B. Sowerby II, 1866) accepted as Melanella cumingii (A. Adams, 1854)
Species Melanella pisorum (Pilsbry, 1917) accepted as Melanella acicula (Gould, 1849)
Species Melanella planicincta (Cotton & Godfrey, 1932) accepted as Melanella augur (Angas, 1865)
Species Melanella platyacme (Sykes, 1903) accepted as Melanella jeffreysii (Tryon, 1886)
Species Melanella polygyra (A. Adams, 1851) accepted as Eulima politissima Newton, 1895
Species Melanella porcellana (A. Adams, 1851) accepted as Melanella alba (da Costa, 1778)
Species Melanella portlandica (Bartsch, 1927) accepted as Eulima thersites Carpenter, 1864 accepted as Melanella thersites (Carpenter, 1864)
Species Melanella proxima (G. B. Sowerby II, 1866) accepted as Melanella augur (Angas, 1865) (junior synonym)
Species Melanella psila (R. B. Watson, 1883) accepted as Eulima psila R. B. Watson, 1883
Species Melanella pyramidalis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1866) accepted as Leiostraca pyramidalis G. B. Sowerby II, 1866
Species Melanella randolphi (Vanatta, 1900) accepted as Hypermastus randolphi (Vanatta, 1900)
Species Melanella recta (Réquien, 1849) accepted as Melanella polita (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Melanella recurva (O. Boettger, 1893) accepted as Eulima recurva O. Boettger, 1893
Species Melanella robillardiana Pilsbry, 1917 accepted as Melanella dufresnii Bowdich, 1822
Species Melanella rosa Willett, 1944 accepted as Hypermastus rosa (Willett, 1944)
Species Melanella rossinsulae (Preston, 1916) accepted as Melanella attenuata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1866)
Species Melanella rubrotincta (Jeffreys, 1867) accepted as Melanella polita (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Melanella rutila (Carpenter, 1864) accepted as Polygireulima rutila (Carpenter, 1864)
Species Melanella salvatori [sic] accepted as Melanella salvadori Castellanos, Rolán & Bartolotta, 1987 (misspelling)
Species Melanella sarsi (Bush, 1909) accepted as Eulima sarsi Bush, 1909
Species Melanella schoutanica (May, 1915) accepted as Sabinella schoutanica (May, 1915)
Species Melanella simplex (G. B. Sowerby III, 1897) accepted as Eulima simplex G. B. Sowerby III, 1897
Species Melanella sinuosa (Scacchi, 1836) accepted as Melanella polita (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Melanella solida (Jeffreys, 1884) accepted as Melanella platyacme (Sykes, 1903) accepted as Melanella jeffreysii (Tryon, 1886)
Species Melanella subangulata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834) (unaccepted)
Species Melanella subventricosa (G. B. Sowerby II, 1866) (unaccepted, superseded combination)
Species Melanella thaanumi Pilsbry, 1917 (unaccepted)
Species Melanella thaanumii [sic] (unaccepted, misspelling)
Species Melanella tumidula (Thiele, 1912) (unaccepted)
Species Melanella vafra Pilsbry, 1917 (unaccepted)
Species Melanella acanthyllis (R. B. Watson, 1883)
Species Melanella acicula (Gould, 1849)
Species Melanella aciculata (Pease, 1861)
Species Melanella acuformis (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1875)
Species Melanella adamantina (de Folin, 1867)
Species Melanella adiastalta Souza, Pimenta & Barros, 2021
Species Melanella aequatorialis (Thiele, 1925)
Species Melanella aethiopica (Thiele, 1925)
Species Melanella aethria (Melvill, 1918)
Species Melanella agulhasensis (Thiele, 1925)
Species Melanella alayoi Espinosa, Ortea & Magaña, 2001
Species Melanella alba (da Costa, 1778)
Species Melanella alertae (Dell, 1956)
Species Melanella alfredensis Bartsch, 1915
Species Melanella algoensis (E. A. Smith, 1901)
Species Melanella amabilis (Brazier, 1877)
Species Melanella amblia (R. B. Watson, 1883)
Species Melanella amblytera (Verrill & Bush, 1900)
Species Melanella ameliae Engl, 2007
Species Melanella anachorea Dall, 1927
Species Melanella anapetes Souza, Pimenta & Barros, 2021
Species Melanella antarctica (Strebel, 1908)
Species Melanella archeyi (Finlay, 1928)
Species Melanella arleyi Espinosa, Ortea & Magaña, 2001
Species Melanella atlantica (E. A. Smith, 1890)
Species Melanella attenuata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1866)
Species Melanella aucklandica (Suter, 1909)
Species Melanella augur (Angas, 1865)
Species Melanella baldra Bartsch, 1917
Species Melanella becki (W. H. Turton, 1932)
Species Melanella bipartita (Mörch, 1859)
Species Melanella borealis (Bartsch, 1917)
Species Melanella boscheineni Engl, 2004
Species Melanella boscii (Payraudeau, 1826)
Species Melanella bovicornu (Pilsbry, 1905)
Species Melanella breviuscula (Dunker, 1875)
Species Melanella brunnimaculata (Kay, 1979)
Species Melanella bryani Pilsbry, 1918
Species Melanella callistemma Dall, 1927
Species Melanella candida (Marrat, 1880)
Species Melanella catalinensis Bartsch, 1917
Species Melanella chariessa (A. E. Verrill, 1884)
Species Melanella chydaea (R. B. Watson, 1883)
Species Melanella cifara Bartsch, 1915
Species Melanella clavula (A. Adams, 1861)
Species Melanella compactilis (Locard, 1891)
Species Melanella conoidalis (Sowerby, 1865)
Species Melanella conoidea (Kurtz & Stimpson, 1851)
Species Melanella convexa (E. A. Smith, 1907)
Species Melanella corintonis (Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1951)
Species Melanella cosmia Bartsch, 1917
Species Melanella costellata (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1897)
Species Melanella cumingii (A. Adams, 1854)
Species Melanella cunaeformis (May, 1915)
Species Melanella cuspidata (A. Adams, 1854)
Species Melanella cylindrica (Thiele, 1925)
Species Melanella debilis (A. Adams, 1861)
Species Melanella decagyra (Melvill & Standen, 1903)
Species Melanella decipiens (Hedley, 1899)
Species Melanella densicostata Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Species Melanella doederleini (Brusina, 1886)
Species Melanella draconis Bartsch, 1917
Species Melanella dufresnii Bowdich, 1822
Species Melanella eburnea (Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1824)
Species Melanella elenensis (Bartsch, 1924)
Species Melanella elsa Thiele, 1930
Species Melanella eulimoides (C. B. Adams, 1850)
Species Melanella exasperata (Preston, 1905)
Species Melanella exilis (Pease, 1863)
Species Melanella exulata (E. A. Smith, 1915)
Species Melanella falcata (Carpenter, 1865)
Species Melanella fasciata (R. B. Watson, 1883)
Species Melanella flexuosa (A. Adams, 1854)
Species Melanella frielei (H. K. Jordan, 1895)
Species Melanella gagei Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Species Melanella glypta Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Species Melanella gracilis (C. B. Adams, 1850)
Species Melanella gradata (Cotton & Godfrey, 1932)
Species Melanella grandis (A. Adams, 1854)
Species Melanella gratiosa (Thiele, 1925)
Species Melanella grippi (Bartsch, 1917)
Species Melanella guenteri Engl, 2004
Species Melanella guildingii (A. Adams, 1854)
Species Melanella hadalis Knudsen, 1964
Species Melanella halia Bartsch, 1917
Species Melanella halorhaphe (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896)
Species Melanella hastata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)
Species Melanella hebes (R. B. Watson, 1883)
Species Melanella hemphilli Bartsch, 1917
Species Melanella hians (R. B. Watson, 1883)
Species Melanella hypsela (Verrill & Bush, 1900)
Species Melanella ima Pilsbry, 1918
Species Melanella indica (Preston, 1905)
Species Melanella insculpta Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Species Melanella iotoides Bartsch, 1916
Species Melanella ira Dall, 1927
Species Melanella jeffreysii (Tryon, 1886)
Species Melanella jucunda (Thiele, 1925)
Species Melanella junieri Espinosa, Ortea & Magaña, 2006
Species Melanella kanaka Pilsbry, 1917
Species Melanella karolinae Engl, 2006
Species Melanella kermadecensis W. R. B. Oliver, 1915
Species Melanella kuronamako (Habe, 1952)
Species Melanella lactea (A. Adams, 1854)
Species Melanella lastra Bartsch, 1917
Species Melanella laurae (Friele, 1886)
Species Melanella letsonae Pilsbry, 1917
Species Melanella levantina (Oliverio, Buzzurro & Villa, 1994)
Species Melanella lubrica (Monterosato, 1890)
Species Melanella luchuana (Pilsbry, 1901)
Species Melanella lucida (A. E. Verrill, 1884)
Species Melanella luminosa B. A. Marshall, 1997
Species Melanella lunata Pilsbry, 1918
Species Melanella magnifica (Bartsch, 1915)
Species Melanella major (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)
Species Melanella mamilla (May, 1915)
Species Melanella maoria (Powell, 1940)
Species Melanella maracuya Espinosa, Ortea & Magaña, 2001
Species Melanella martinii (A. Adams in Sowerby, 1854)
Species Melanella martynjordani (H. K. Jordan, 1895)
Species Melanella marviva Espinosa, Ortea & Magaña, 2006
Species Melanella maui (Dell, 1952)
Species Melanella micans (Carpenter, 1865)
Species Melanella microsculpta Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Species Melanella mimus Pilsbry, 1918
Species Melanella minor (Pallary, 1904)
Species Melanella modesta (Thiele, 1925)
Species Melanella modesta Thiele, 1930
Species Melanella montereyensis Bartsch, 1917
Species Melanella monterosatoi (Monterosato, 1890)
Species Melanella muelleriae (Sturany, 1903)
Species Melanella mundula (A. Adams, 1861)
Species Melanella myriotrochi Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Species Melanella nilae Engl, 2006
Species Melanella nisonida (Melvill, 1906)
Species Melanella obtusa (Laseron, 1955)
Species Melanella obtusoapicata Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Species Melanella ochsneri (Bartsch, 1917)
Species Melanella odontoidea (A. Adams, 1861)
Species Melanella ogasawarana (Pilsbry, 1905)
Species Melanella oldroydae Bartsch, 1917
Species Melanella oleacea (Kurtz & Stimpson, 1851)
Species Melanella olssoni (Bartsch, 1924)
Species Melanella opaca (G. B. Sowerby II, 1865)
Species Melanella opalina (J. T. Marshall, 1901)
Species Melanella ophiodon Dall, 1927
Species Melanella orientalis Agamennone, Micali & Siragusa, 2020
Species Melanella orphanensis A. H. Clarke, 1974
Species Melanella orthophyes (Sturany, 1903)
Species Melanella otagoensis (Powell, 1927)
Species Melanella oxyacme (Suter, 1908)
Species Melanella oxytata (R. B. Watson, 1883)
Species Melanella pandata (A. Adams, 1861)
Species Melanella paraabida Souza, Pimenta & Barros, 2021
Species Melanella parallela Dall, 1927
Species Melanella paxillus (Hedley, 1904)
Species Melanella peninsularis Bartsch, 1917
Species Melanella penna Dall, 1927
Species Melanella perplexa W. R. B. Oliver, 1915
Species Melanella persimilis (Kuroda & Habe, 1971)
Species Melanella perversa (Bush, 1909)
Species Melanella petitiana (Brusina, 1869)
Species Melanella pisinna Rehder, 1980
Species Melanella planisutis Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Species Melanella polita (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Melanella praecurta (Pallary, 1904)
Species Melanella producta (Carpenter, 1863)
Species Melanella pseudoglabra (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1912)
Species Melanella puhana (Dell, 1956)
Species Melanella reticulata Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Species Melanella retrorsa (G. B. Sowerby II, 1865)
Species Melanella richardi (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896)
Species Melanella robusta (A. Adams, 1861)
Species Melanella roegerae (Cotton & Godfrey, 1932)
Species Melanella salvadori Castellanos, Rolán & Bartolotta, 1987
Species Melanella sankurieae Engl, 2004
Species Melanella sansibarica (Thiele, 1925)
Species Melanella sarissa (R. B. Watson, 1883)
Species Melanella scarifata Gofas & Rueda, 2014
Species Melanella shibana (Yokoyama, 1927)
Species Melanella siberutensis (Thiele, 1925)
Species Melanella similior Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Species Melanella solida (G. B. Sowerby II, 1865)
Species Melanella solidula (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
Species Melanella soliduloides (Habe, 1951)
Species Melanella solitaria (E. A. Smith, 1915)
Species Melanella spina (O. Boettger, 1893)
Species Melanella spinosa W. R. B. Oliver, 1915
Species Melanella spiridioni (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896)
Species Melanella stalioi (Brusina, 1869)
Species Melanella stamina Dall, 1927
Species Melanella subantarctica (Strebel, 1908)
Species Melanella subula (A. Adams, 1861)
Species Melanella tanabensis Takano, Tanaka & Kano, 2019
Species Melanella teinostoma (A. Adams, 1854)
Species Melanella teramachii (Habe, 1952)
Species Melanella thalia Bartsch, 1915
Species Melanella thersites (Carpenter, 1864)
Species Melanella tia (Bartsch, 1926)
Species Melanella tortuosa (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
Species Melanella townsendi Bartsch, 1917
Species Melanella translucens (Monterosato, 1890)
Species Melanella trunca (R. B. Watson, 1897)
Species Melanella truncata (Suter, 1908)
Species Melanella turbonilloides Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Species Melanella turrita Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Species Melanella variabilis (Schepman, 1913)
Species Melanella vegrandis (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
Species Melanella versa Dall, 1927
Species Melanella xiphidiopsis (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896)
Species Melanella yamazii (Habe, 1952)
Species Melanella zugnigae Espinosa, Ortea & Magaña, 2001
Species Melanella angulata (A. Adams, 1861) (taxon inquirendum)
Species Melanella berryi Bartsch, 1917 (taxon inquirendum)
Species Melanella chrysallida (A. Adams, 1861) (taxon inquirendum)
Species Melanella conica (C. B. Adams, 1850) (taxon inquirendum)
Species Melanella munda (E. A. Smith, 1899) (taxon inquirendum)
Species Melanella nivea (A. Adams, 1861) (taxon inquirendum)
Species Melanella opalina (de Folin, 1867) (taxon inquirendum)
Species Melanella pernula (Monterosato, 1890) (taxon inquirendum)
Species Melanella pocahontasae (Henderson & Bartsch, 1914) (taxon inquirendum)
Species Melanella quadrasi (Boettger, 1893) (taxon inquirendum)
Species Melanella retexta (Carpenter, 1857) (taxon inquirendum)
Species Melanella subtruncata (Thiele, 1925) (taxon inquirendum)
Species Melanella tacomaensis Bartsch, 1917 (taxon inquirendum)
Species Melanella acrifa Bartsch, 1915 (nomen dubium)
Species Melanella testacea (Leach, 1852) (nomen nudum)
Subgenus Melanella (Melanella) Bowdich, 1822 represented as Melanella Bowdich, 1822
» Species Melanella (Melanella) tacomaensis Bartsch, 1917 (taxon inquirendum)
» Species Melanella (Melanella) californica Bartsch, 1917 represented as Melanella californica Bartsch, 1917 accepted as Hypermastus randolphi (Vanatta, 1900)
» Species Melanella (Melanella) dalli Bartsch, 1917 represented as Melanella dalli (Bartsch, 1917) accepted as Melanella cumingii (A. Adams, 1854)
» Species Melanella (Melanella) hemphilli Bartsch, 1917 represented as Melanella hemphilli Bartsch, 1917
» Species Melanella (Melanella) mexicana Bartsch, 1917 represented as Melanella mexicana Bartsch, 1917 accepted as Melanella micans (Carpenter, 1865)
» Species Melanella (Melanella) olssoni Bartsch, 1924 represented as Melanella olssoni (Bartsch, 1924)
» Species Melanella (Melanella) panamensis Bartsch, 1917 represented as Melanella panamensis Bartsch, 1917 accepted as Eulimostraca burragei (Bartsch, 1917)
» Species Melanella (Melanella) portlandica Bartsch, 1927 represented as Melanella portlandica (Bartsch, 1927) accepted as Eulima thersites Carpenter, 1864 accepted as Melanella thersites (Carpenter, 1864)
» Species Melanella (Melanella) abreojosensis Bartsch, 1917 accepted as Oceanida abreojosensis (Bartsch, 1917) (original combination)
» Species Melanella (Melanella) baldra Bartsch, 1917 accepted as Melanella baldra Bartsch, 1917
» Species Melanella (Melanella) micans (Carpenter, 1865) accepted as Melanella micans (Carpenter, 1865)
» Species Melanella (Melanella) oldroydi Bartsch, 1917 accepted as Melanella oldroydae Bartsch, 1917 (basionym)
» Species Melanella (Melanella) californica Bartsch, 1917 represented as Melanella californica Bartsch, 1917 accepted as Hypermastus randolphi (Vanatta, 1900)
» Species Melanella (Melanella) dalli Bartsch, 1917 represented as Melanella dalli (Bartsch, 1917) accepted as Melanella cumingii (A. Adams, 1854)
» Species Melanella (Melanella) hemphilli Bartsch, 1917 represented as Melanella hemphilli Bartsch, 1917
» Species Melanella (Melanella) mexicana Bartsch, 1917 represented as Melanella mexicana Bartsch, 1917 accepted as Melanella micans (Carpenter, 1865)
» Species Melanella (Melanella) olssoni Bartsch, 1924 represented as Melanella olssoni (Bartsch, 1924)
» Species Melanella (Melanella) panamensis Bartsch, 1917 represented as Melanella panamensis Bartsch, 1917 accepted as Eulimostraca burragei (Bartsch, 1917)
» Species Melanella (Melanella) portlandica Bartsch, 1927 represented as Melanella portlandica (Bartsch, 1927) accepted as Eulima thersites Carpenter, 1864 accepted as Melanella thersites (Carpenter, 1864)
» Species Melanella (Melanella) abreojosensis Bartsch, 1917 accepted as Oceanida abreojosensis (Bartsch, 1917) (original combination)
» Species Melanella (Melanella) baldra Bartsch, 1917 accepted as Melanella baldra Bartsch, 1917
» Species Melanella (Melanella) micans (Carpenter, 1865) accepted as Melanella micans (Carpenter, 1865)
» Species Melanella (Melanella) oldroydi Bartsch, 1917 accepted as Melanella oldroydae Bartsch, 1917 (basionym)
Species Melanella abreojosensis Bartsch, 1917 accepted as Oceanida abreojosensis (Bartsch, 1917) (unaccepted combination)
Species Melanella acuta (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834) accepted as Hypermastus acutus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)
Species Melanella anceps (J. T. Marshall, 1901) accepted as Melanella frielei (H. K. Jordan, 1895)
Species Melanella anglica (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834) accepted as Melanella alba (da Costa, 1778)
Species Melanella anteflexa accepted as Vitreolina antiflexa (Monterosato, 1884) (unjustidfied emendation by Locard, 1892)
Species Melanella apheles (Tenison Woods, 1879) accepted as Melanella augur (Angas, 1865)
Species Melanella araeosomae (Habe, 1992) accepted as Hypermastus araeosomae Habe, 1992
Species Melanella arcuata (C. B. Adams, 1850) accepted as Vitreolina arcuata (C. B. Adams, 1850)
Species Melanella asser Bartsch, 1915 accepted as Fusceulima asser (Bartsch, 1915)
Species Melanella atypha (Verrill & Bush, 1900) accepted as Eulima atypha Verrill & Bush, 1900
Species Melanella aurata Hirase, 1920 accepted as Vitreolina aurata (Hirase, 1920)
Species Melanella bakeri (Bartsch, 1917) accepted as Pseudosabinella bakeri (Bartsch, 1917)
Species Melanella bermudezi Pilsbry & Aguayo, 1933 accepted as Vitreolina bermudezi (Pilsbry & Aguayo, 1933)
Species Melanella bibsae Nowell-Usticke, 1959 accepted as Scalenostoma subulatum (Broderip, 1832)
Species Melanella brevis (Requien, 1848) accepted as Melanella boscii (Payraudeau, 1826)
Species Melanella californica Bartsch, 1917 accepted as Hypermastus randolphi (Vanatta, 1900)
Species Melanella capa (Bartsch, 1926) accepted as Melanella olssoni (Bartsch, 1924)
Species Melanella capensis (Thiele, 1915) accepted as Curveulima capensis (Thiele, 1915)
Species Melanella carifa Bartsch, 1915 accepted as Curveulima carifa (Bartsch, 1915)
Species Melanella chascanon (R. B. Watson, 1883) accepted as Eulima chascanon R. B. Watson, 1883 accepted as Eulimacrostoma chascanon (R. B. Watson, 1883)
Species Melanella chaunax (R. B. Watson, 1883) accepted as Eulima chaunax R. B. Watson, 1883
Species Melanella cinca Dall, 1927 accepted as Melanella sarissa (R. B. Watson, 1883)
Species Melanella clypeastericola (Habe, 1976) accepted as Clypeastericola clypeastericola (Habe, 1976)
Species Melanella columbiana Bartsch, 1917 accepted as Vitreolina columbiana (Bartsch, 1917)
Species Melanella compacta (Carpenter, 1864) accepted as Eulima compacta Carpenter, 1864
Species Melanella compsa (Verrill & Bush, 1900) accepted as Eulima compsa Verrill & Bush, 1900
Species Melanella corrida Dall, 1927 accepted as Melanella abida Dall, 1927
Species Melanella crossei (Brusina, 1886) accepted as Eulima crossei (Brusina, 1886)
Species Melanella cylindrata (R. B. Watson, 1883) accepted as Eulima cylindrata R. B. Watson, 1883
Species Melanella dalli (Bartsch, 1917) accepted as Melanella cumingii (A. Adams, 1854)
Species Melanella delmontensis (A. G. Smith & Gordon, 1948) accepted as Eulima thersites Carpenter, 1864 accepted as Melanella thersites (Carpenter, 1864)
Species Melanella dilecta (E. A. Smith, 1899) accepted as Parvioris dilecta (E. A. Smith, 1899)
Species Melanella dufresnei [sic] accepted as Melanella dufresnii Bowdich, 1822 (misspelling)
Species Melanella farica Bartsch, 1915 accepted as Oceanida whitechurchi (W. H. Turton, 1932)
Species Melanella fernandinae Dall, 1927 accepted as Bathycrinicola fernandinae (Dall, 1927) (original combination)
Species Melanella fuscopunctata (E. A. Smith, 1890) accepted as Sticteulima fuscopunctata (E. A. Smith, 1890)
Species Melanella gigas (Kuroda & Habe, 1950) accepted as Melanella teinostoma (A. Adams, 1854)
Species Melanella gomphus (R. B. Watson, 1883) accepted as Eulima gomphus R. B. Watson, 1883
Species Melanella helena Thiele, 1930 accepted as Melanella aciculata (Pease, 1861) (junior synonym)
Species Melanella holothuricola Adam, 1934 accepted as Peasistilifer nitidula (Pease, 1860)
Species Melanella hyalina (R. B. Watson, 1883) accepted as Halielloides hyalina (R. B. Watson, 1883)
Species Melanella icafra Bartsch, 1915 accepted as Curveulima icafra (Bartsch, 1915)
Species Melanella inconspicua (R. B. Watson, 1897) accepted as Eulima inconspicua R. B. Watson, 1897
Species Melanella inflexa (Blainville, 1825) accepted as Melanella dufresnii Bowdich, 1822
Species Melanella inflexa (Pease, 1868) accepted as Parvioris inflexa (Pease, 1868)
Species Melanella intermedia (Cantraine, 1835) accepted as Melanella polita (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Melanella iota Bartsch, 1915 accepted as Melanella iotoides Bartsch, 1916 (replaced by Melanella iotoides Bartsch, 1916 on account of secondary homonymy with Eulima iota C. B. Adams 1852)
Species Melanella irafca Bartsch, 1915 accepted as Hemiliostraca irafca (Bartsch, 1915)
Species Melanella iredalei (Laseron, 1955) accepted as Melanella acicula (Gould, 1849)
Species Melanella jamaicensis (C. B. Adams, 1845) accepted as Melanella eburnea (Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1824)
Species Melanella kahoolawensis Pilsbry, 1917 accepted as Melanella aciculata (Pease, 1861)
Species Melanella kawamurai (Kuroda & Habe, 1950) accepted as Amamibalcis kawamurai Kuroda & Habe, 1950
Species Melanella kyurokusinensis (Nomura & Hatai, 1940) accepted as Melanella odontoidea (A. Adams, 1861)
Species Melanella laevis (Pennant, 1777) accepted as Melanella alba (da Costa, 1778)
Species Melanella lampra Melvill, 1918 accepted as Oceanida lampra (Melvill, 1918)
Species Melanella langleyi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1892) accepted as Eulima langleyi G. B. Sowerby III, 1892
Species Melanella laseroni Hedley, 1916 accepted as Melanella solitaria (E. A. Smith, 1915)
Species Melanella lineata (Monterosato, 1869) accepted as Fusceulima lineata (Monterosato, 1869)
Species Melanella lutea Rodrigez Garcia del Castillo, 2000 accepted as Melanella trunca (R. B. Watson, 1897)
Species Melanella mabutii Nomura & Hatai, 1935 accepted as Parvioris fulvescens (A. Adams, 1866)
Species Melanella macra Bartsch, 1917 accepted as Vitreolina macra (Bartsch, 1917)
Species Melanella marginata (Tenison Woods, 1879) accepted as Melanella augur (Angas, 1865)
Species Melanella mayi (Tate, 1900) accepted as Melanella augur (Angas, 1865)
Species Melanella mexicana Bartsch, 1917 accepted as Melanella micans (Carpenter, 1865)
Species Melanella montagui (Leach MS, Gray, 1847) accepted as Melanella alba (da Costa, 1778)
Species Melanella murrayae (Cotton & Godfrey, 1932) accepted as Melanella augur (Angas, 1865)
Species Melanella nitidula (A. Adams, 1854) accepted as Eulima adamsii G. B. Sowerby II, 1866
Species Melanella nutans (Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1824) accepted as Vitreobalcis nutans (Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1824)
Species Melanella obtusa (Jeffreys, 1884) accepted as Melanella obtusoapicata Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Species Melanella oldroydi Bartsch, 1917 accepted as Melanella oldroydae Bartsch, 1917 (incorrect gender ending for a species name dedicated to a woman)
Species Melanella orthopleura (Tate, 1898) accepted as Melanella augur (Angas, 1865)
Species Melanella panamensis Bartsch, 1917 accepted as Eulimostraca burragei (Bartsch, 1917)
Species Melanella paxillus (A. Adams, 1861) accepted as Leiostraca pura A. Adams, 1861 accepted as Eulima pura (A. Adams, 1861)
Species Melanella peronellicola (Kuroda & Habe, 1950) accepted as Hypermastus peronellicola (Kuroda & Habe, 1950)
Species Melanella picta (G. B. Sowerby II, 1866) accepted as Melanella cumingii (A. Adams, 1854)
Species Melanella pisorum (Pilsbry, 1917) accepted as Melanella acicula (Gould, 1849)
Species Melanella planicincta (Cotton & Godfrey, 1932) accepted as Melanella augur (Angas, 1865)
Species Melanella platyacme (Sykes, 1903) accepted as Melanella jeffreysii (Tryon, 1886)
Species Melanella polygyra (A. Adams, 1851) accepted as Eulima politissima Newton, 1895
Species Melanella porcellana (A. Adams, 1851) accepted as Melanella alba (da Costa, 1778)
Species Melanella portlandica (Bartsch, 1927) accepted as Eulima thersites Carpenter, 1864 accepted as Melanella thersites (Carpenter, 1864)
Species Melanella proxima (G. B. Sowerby II, 1866) accepted as Melanella augur (Angas, 1865) (junior synonym)
Species Melanella psila (R. B. Watson, 1883) accepted as Eulima psila R. B. Watson, 1883
Species Melanella pyramidalis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1866) accepted as Leiostraca pyramidalis G. B. Sowerby II, 1866
Species Melanella randolphi (Vanatta, 1900) accepted as Hypermastus randolphi (Vanatta, 1900)
Species Melanella recta (Réquien, 1849) accepted as Melanella polita (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Melanella recurva (O. Boettger, 1893) accepted as Eulima recurva O. Boettger, 1893
Species Melanella robillardiana Pilsbry, 1917 accepted as Melanella dufresnii Bowdich, 1822
Species Melanella rosa Willett, 1944 accepted as Hypermastus rosa (Willett, 1944)
Species Melanella rossinsulae (Preston, 1916) accepted as Melanella attenuata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1866)
Species Melanella rubrotincta (Jeffreys, 1867) accepted as Melanella polita (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Melanella rutila (Carpenter, 1864) accepted as Polygireulima rutila (Carpenter, 1864)
Species Melanella salvatori [sic] accepted as Melanella salvadori Castellanos, Rolán & Bartolotta, 1987 (misspelling)
Species Melanella sarsi (Bush, 1909) accepted as Eulima sarsi Bush, 1909
Species Melanella schoutanica (May, 1915) accepted as Sabinella schoutanica (May, 1915)
Species Melanella simplex (G. B. Sowerby III, 1897) accepted as Eulima simplex G. B. Sowerby III, 1897
Species Melanella sinuosa (Scacchi, 1836) accepted as Melanella polita (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Melanella solida (Jeffreys, 1884) accepted as Melanella platyacme (Sykes, 1903) accepted as Melanella jeffreysii (Tryon, 1886)
Species Melanella subangulata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834) (unaccepted)
Species Melanella subventricosa (G. B. Sowerby II, 1866) (unaccepted, superseded combination)
Species Melanella thaanumi Pilsbry, 1917 (unaccepted)
Species Melanella thaanumii [sic] (unaccepted, misspelling)
Species Melanella tumidula (Thiele, 1912) (unaccepted)
Species Melanella vafra Pilsbry, 1917 (unaccepted)
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. (2021). MolluscaBase. Melanella Bowdich, 1822. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137978 on 2021-09-24
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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]
original description (of Balcis Leach in Gray, 1847) Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913
page(s): 271 [details]
original description (of Eulimaustra Laseron, 1955) Laseron, C. F. (1955). Revision of the New South Wales eulimoid shells. <em>The Australian Zoologist.</em> 12 (2): 83-107, 3 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38912988 [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.
page(s): 54 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 27 [details]
original description (of Balcis Leach in Gray, 1847) Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913
page(s): 271 [details]
original description (of Eulimaustra Laseron, 1955) Laseron, C. F. (1955). Revision of the New South Wales eulimoid shells. <em>The Australian Zoologist.</em> 12 (2): 83-107, 3 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38912988 [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.
page(s): 54 [details] Available for editors
[request] 
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
