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Melanella Bowdich 1822

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Genus recognized by Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1

Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species

Genus recognized by South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, United Kingdom Species List, South Atlantic Species List, Femorale, Indian Ocean Species List, Southern Ocean Species List, North Pacific Species List, South Pacific Species List, North Atlantic Species List, North Sea Species List, Celtic Sea Species List, Irish Sea Species List, Kattegat Species List, Skagerrak Species List, English Channel Species List, Bristol Channel Species List, Adriatic Sea Species List, Balearic Sea Species List, Ionian Sea Species List, Tyrrhenian Sea Species List, Barents Sea Species List, Laccadive Sea Species List, Bay of Bengal Species List, Andaman Sea Species List, Great Australian Bight Species List, Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland Species, Caribbean Sea Species List, Gulf of Mexico Species List, Philippine Sea Species List, Sea of Japan Species List, Bering Sea Species List, Gulf of Alaska Species List, Gulf of California Species List, South China Sea Species List, Singapore Strait Species List, Solomon Sea Species List, Tasman Sea Species List, The Netherlands Species List, South Africa Species List, Sweden Species List, Delete- old US Species List, Venezuela Species List, Taiwan Species List, Territory of the French Southern and Antarctic, New Caledonia Species List, Saint Helena Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, R union Species List, New Zealand Species List, Nicaragua Species List, Papua New Guinea Species List, Portugal Species List, Samoa Species List, Singapore Species List, Puerto Rico Species List, Isle of Man Species List, Ireland Species List, Italy Species List, Jamaica Species List, Malaysia Species List, Mauritius Species List, Mexico Species List, French Polynesia Species List, Guam Species List, France Species List, Hungary Species List, Guatemala Species List, Fiji Species List, Germany Species List, Greece Species List, Indonesia Species List, Cayman Islands Species List, Belgium Species List, Bermuda Species List, Dominican Republic Species List, Cyprus Species List, Chile Species List, Colombia Species List, Celebes Sea Species List, Coral Sea Species List, Bass Strait Species List, Bay of Biscay Species List, Cocos Islands, Austria Species List, Aegean Sea Species List, Australia Species List, Denmark Species List, India Species List, Norway Species List, Barcode of Life Data Systems, Canada Species List, China Species List, Japan Species List, Philippines Species List, Egypt Species List, Protists in Singapore, Panama Species List, Wikidata, Shelled animal body mass, United States Species List, PBDB in DwCA, Global Biotic Interactions, and Wikimedia Commons

Recognized by Herring, 1987 and NMNH Invertebrate Zoology

Genus recognized by GBIF classification, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, and TreatmentBank

Recognized by OBIS environmental data records

Genus recognized by TreatmentBank

Alternative Names

Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1

Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species

Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1

Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species

Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1

Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species

Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Melanella Bowdich, 1822)

Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Balcis Gray, 1847)

Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Eulima Risso, 1826)

Proparte synonym according to GBIF classification

Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as synonym of Eulima bifasciata d'Orbigny, 1841)

Proparte synonym according to GBIF classification and GBIF classification

Proparte synonym according to GBIF classification

Doubtful according to GBIF classification

Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Melanella opalina (J.T.Marshall, 1901))

Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Vitreolina Monterosato, 1884,1884)

Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as doubtful taxon within Eulimidae)

Harvest ancestor according to GBIF classification, GBIF classification, GBIF classification, PBDB in DwCA, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, NMNH type specimens, NMNH type specimens, Flickr Group, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, and TreatmentBank

Common Names

There are no common names associated with this taxon.

Life

Cellular Organisms

Eukaryota

Opisthokonta

Metazoa

Bilateria

Protostomia

Spiralia

Mollusca

Gastropoda Cuvier 1795

Caenogastropoda Cox 1960

Littorinimorpha Golikov & Starobogatov 1975

Vanikoroidea Gray 1840

Eulimidae Philippi 1853

Melanella Bowdich 1822 (this page)

Melanella abida Dall 1927

Melanella abreojosensis Bartsch 1917

Melanella acicula (Gould 1849)

Melanella aciculata (Pease 1861)

Melanella acrifa Bartsch 1915

Melanella acuformis (G. Nevill & H. Nevill 1875)

Melanella adamantina (de Folin 1867)

Melanella aequatorialis (Thiele 1925)

Melanella aethiopica (Thiele 1925)

Melanella aethria (Melvill 1918)

Melanella agulhasensis (Thiele 1925)

Melanella alayoi Espinosa, Ortea & Magaña 2001

Melanella alba (da Costa 1778)

Melanella alertae (Dell 1956)

Melanella alfredensis Bartsch 1915

Melanella algoensis (E. A. Smith 1901)

Melanella amabilis (Brazier 1877)

Melanella amblia (R. B. Watson 1883)

Melanella amblytera (Verrill & Bush 1900)

Melanella ameliae Engl 2007

Melanella anachorea Dall 1927

Melanella angulata (A. Adams 1861)

Melanella antarctica (Strebel 1908)

Melanella archeyi (Finlay 1928)

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 aurata Hirase 1920

Melanella badenia (Laws 1939)

Melanella baldra Bartsch 1917

Melanella becki (W. H. Turton 1932)

Melanella borealis (Bartsch 1915)

Melanella boscheineni Engl 2004

Melanella boscii (Payraudeau 1826)

Melanella bovicornu (Pilsbry 1905)

Melanella brevis (Requien 1848)

Melanella breviuscula (Dunker 1875)

Melanella brunnimaculata (Kay 1979)

Melanella bryani Pilsbry 1918

Melanella callistemma Dall 1927

Melanella catalinensis Bartsch 1917

Melanella chariessa (A. E. Verrill 1884)

Melanella chrysallida (A. Adams 1861)

Melanella chydaea (R. B. Watson 1883)

Melanella cifara Bartsch 1915

Melanella cinca Dall 1927

Melanella clavula (A. Adams 1861)

Melanella collator (Laws 1944)

Melanella compactilis (Locard 1891)

Melanella conica (C. B. Adams 1850)

Melanella conoidea (Kurtz & 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 cylindrica (Thiele 1925)

Melanella debilis (A. Adams 1861)

Melanella decagyra (Melvill & Standen 1903)

Melanella decipiens (Hedley 1899)

Melanella densicostata Bouchet & Warén 1986

Melanella doederleini (Brusina 1886)

Melanella draconis Bartsch 1917

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 frielei (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 gratiosa (Thiele 1925)

Melanella grippi (Bartsch 1917)

Melanella guenteri Engl 2004

Melanella guildingii (A. Adams 1854)

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 hypsela (Verrill & 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 kahoolawensis Pilsbry 1917

Melanella kaiparaensis (Laws 1939)

Melanella kanaka Pilsbry 1917

Melanella karolinae Engl 2006

Melanella kawamurai (Kuroda & Habe 1950)

Melanella kermadecensis W. R. B. Oliver 1915

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 & Villa 1994)

Melanella lubrica (Monterosato 1890)

Melanella lucida (A. E. Verrill 1884)

Melanella luminosa B. A. Marshall 1997

Melanella lunata Pilsbry 1918

Melanella magnifica (Bartsch 1915)

Melanella mamilla (May 1915)

Melanella maoria (Powell 1940)

Melanella maracuya Espinosa, Ortea & Magaña 2001

Melanella martinii (A. Adams ex Sowerby 1854)

Melanella martynjordani (Jordan 1895)

Melanella marviva Espinosa, Ortea & Magaña 2006

Melanella maui (Dell 1952)

Melanella medipacifica (Pilsbry 1917)

Melanella micans (Carpenter 1865)

Melanella microsculpta Bouchet & Warén 1986

Melanella mimus Pilsbry 1918

Melanella minor (Pallary 1904)

Melanella modesta (Thiele 1925)

Melanella montereyensis Bartsch 1917

Melanella monterosatoi (Monterosato 1890)

Melanella muelleriae (Sturany 1903)

Melanella munda (E. A. Smith 1899)

Melanella mundula (A. Adams 1861)

Melanella myriotrochi Bouchet & Warén 1986

Melanella nilae Engl 2006

Melanella nisonida (Melvill 1906)

Melanella nivea (A. Adams 1861)

Melanella nutans (Megerle von Mühlfeld 1824)

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 & Stimpson 1851)

Melanella olssoni (Bartsch 1924)

Melanella opaca (G. B. Sowerby II 1865)

Melanella opalina (J. T. Marshall 1901)

Melanella ophiodon Dall 1927

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 parallela Dall 1927

Melanella patutahiensis Marwick 1931

Melanella paxillus (Hedley 1904)

Melanella peninsularis Bartsch 1917

Melanella penna Dall 1927

Melanella pernula (Monterosato 1890)

Melanella perplexa W. R. B. Oliver 1915

Melanella persimilis (Kuroda & Habe 1971)

Melanella perversa (Bush 1909)

Melanella petitiana (Brusina 1869)

Melanella pisinna Rehder 1980

Melanella planisutis Bouchet & Warén 1986

Melanella pocahontasae (Henderson & Bartsch 1914)

Melanella polita (Linnaeus 1758)

Melanella pontilis P. A. Maxwell 1992

Melanella praecurta (Pallary 1904)

Melanella producta (Carpenter 1863)

Melanella pseudoglabra (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer 1912)

Melanella puhana (Dell 1956)

Melanella quadrasi (Boettger 1893)

Melanella retexta (Carpenter 1863)

Melanella reticulata Bouchet & Warén 1986

Melanella retrorsa (G. B. Sowerby II 1865)

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 sinuosa (Scacchi 1836)

Melanella solida (G. B. Sowerby II 1865)

Melanella solidula (A. Adams & Reeve 1850)

Melanella soliduloides (Habe 1951)

Melanella solitaria (E. A. Smith 1915)

Melanella spina (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 subtruncata (Thiele 1925)

Melanella subula (A. Adams 1861)

Melanella tanabensis Takano, Tanaka & Kano 2019

Melanella teinostoma (A. Adams 1854)

Melanella teramachii (Habe 1952)

Melanella thalia Bartsch 1915

Melanella thersites (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 xiphidiopsis (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer 1896)

Melanella yamazii (Habe 1952)

Melanella zugnigae Espinosa, Ortea & Magaña 2001

Abyssoaclis Barros, Mello, Barros, S. Lima, Santos, Cabral & Padovan 2003

Aclis Lovén 1846

Acrochalix Bouchet & Warén 1986

Apicalia A. Adams 1862

Arcuella G. Nevill & H. Nevill 1874

Asterolamia Warén 1980

Asterophila Randall & Heath 1912

Auriculigerina Dautzenberg 1925

Austrorissopsis Grant-Mackie & Chapman-Smith 1971

Awanuia Powell 1927

Bacula H. Adams & A. Adams 1863

Batheulima F. Nordsieck 1968

Bathycrinicola Bouchet & Warén 1986

Bulimeulima Bouchet & Warén 1986

Campylorhaphion Bouchet & Warén 1986

Chileutomia Tate & Cossmann 1898

Clypeastericola Warén 1994

Concavibalcis Warén 1980

Costaclis Bartsch 1947

Crinolamia Bouchet & Warén 1979

Crinophtheiros Bouchet & Warén 1986

Curveulima Laseron 1955

Cyclonidea Laseron 1956

Diacolax Mandahl-Barth 1946

Discaclis Moolenbeek & Warén 1987

Echineulima Lützen & C. Nielsen 1975

Echiuroidicola Warén 1980

Enteroxenos Bonnevie 1902

Entocolax Voigt 1888

Entoconcha J. Müller 1852

Ersilia Monterosato 1872

Eulima Risso 1826

Eulimetta Warén 1992

Eulimostraca Bartsch 1917

Eulitoma Laseron 1955

Fuscapex Warén 1981

Fusceulima Laseron 1955

Gasterosiphon Koehler & Vaney 1905

Goodingia Lützen 1972

Goriella Moolenbeek 2008

Goubinia Dautzenberg 1923

Haliella Monterosato 1878

Halielloides Bouchet & Warén 1986

Hebeulima Laseron 1955

Hemiaclis G. O. Sars 1878

Hemiliostraca Pilsbry 1917

Hoplopteron P. Fischer 1876

Hypermastus Pilsbry 1899

Larochella Powell 1927

Margineulima Cossmann 1888

Megadenus Rosén 1910

Menon Hedley 1900

Microeulima Warén 1992

Molpadicola Grusov 1957

Monogamus Lützen 1976

Mucronalia A. Adams 1860

Nanobalcis Warén & Mifsud 1990

Niso Risso 1826

Oceanida de Folin 1870

Ophieulima Warén & Sibuet 1981

Ophioarachnicola Warén 1980

Ophiolamia Warén & Carney 1981

Paedophoropus Ivanov 1933

Palisadia Laseron 1956

Paramegadenus Humphreys & Lützen 1972

Parastilbe Cossmann 1900

Parvioris Warén 1981

Peasistilifer Warén 1980

Pelseneeria Koehler & Vaney 1908

Pictobalcis Laseron 1955

Pisolamia Bouchet & Lützen 1976

Polygireulima Sacco 1892

Prostilifer Warén 1980

Pseudosabinella McLean 1995

Pulicicochlea Ponder & Gooding 1978

Punctifera Warén 1981

Pyramidelloides G. Nevill 1885

Rectilabrum Bouchet & Warén 1986

Robillardia E. A. Smith 1889

Ruapukea Dell 1952

Sabinella Monterosato 1890

Sanciaella Moolenbeek & Hoenselaar 2010

Scalaribalcis Warén 1980

Scalaronoba Powell 1927

Scalenostoma Deshayes 1863

Selma A. Adams 1863

Severnsia Geiger 2016

Sticteulima Laseron 1955

Stilapex Iredale 1925

Stilifer Broderip

Subniso McLean 2000

Thaleia Warén 1979

Thyca H. Adams & A. Adams 1854

Thyonicola Mandahl-Barth 1941

Trochostilifer Warén 1980

Tropiometricola Warén 1981

Turveria Berry 1956

Umbilibalcis Bouchet & Warén 1986

Vitreobalcis Warén 1980

Vitreolina Monterosato 1884

6 additional siblings truncated for brevity.

See the resource file for a full list.

Melanella Bowdich 1822

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Alternative Names

Common Names

Curated hierarchies for Melanella Bowdich 1822

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