Melampus (gastropod)

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Kingdom Animalia Family Ellobiidae Scientific name Melampus Higher classification Melampinae		Superfamily Ellobioidea Subfamily Melampinae Phylum Mollusca Rank Genus

Similar Melampus bidentatus, Ellobiidae, Melampus coffea, Cassidula, Ellobium

Melampus is a genus of small air-breathing salt marsh snails, pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae.

Species

Species in the genus Melampus include:

Melampus adamsianus L. Pfeiffer, 1855

Melampus bidentatus Say, 1822

Melampus boholensis Pfeiffer, 1856

Melampus bullaoides (Montagu, 1808)

Melampus carolianus (Lesson, 1842)

Melampus castaneus Mühlfeld, 1818

Melampus ceylonicus (Petit de la Saussaye, 1843)

Melampus coffea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Melampus cristatus Pfeiffer, 1854

Melampus exaratus H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854

Melampus fasciatus (Deshayes, 1830)

Melampus flavus (Gmelin, 1791)

Melampus flexuosus Crosse, 1867

Melampus floridanus Pfeiffer, 1856

Melampus granifer (Mousson, 1849)

Melampus liberianus H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854

Melampus lividus (Deshayes, 1830)

Melampus luteus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)

Melampus monile (Bruguiére, 1789)

Melampus morrisoni Martins, 1996

Melampus mousleyi Berry, 1964

Melampus nucleolus Martens, 1856

Melampus nuxeastaneus Kuroda, 1949

Melampus olivaceus Carpenter, 1857

Melampus ovuloides Baird, 1873

Melampus paranus'' (Morrrison, 1951)

Melampus parvulus Pfeiffer, 1856

Melampus pfefferianus Morelet, 1860

Melampus phaeostylus Kobelt, 1869

Melampus sculptus Pfeiffer, 1859

Melampus semiauratus Connolly, 1912

Melampus semisulcatus Mousson, 1869

Melampus siamensis Martens, 1865

Melampus sincaporensis Pfeiffer, 1855

Melampus sulculosus

Melampus tabogensis (C.B. Adams, 1852)

Melampus taeniolatus

Melampus trilineatus C.B. Adams, 1852

Taxon inquerendum

Melampus viola (Lesson, 1831) (synonym: Auricula viola Lesson, 1831 )

Species brought into synonymy:

Subgenus Melampus (Detracia) Gray, 1840 : synonym of Detracia Gray, 1840

Melampus acutispira Turton, 1932: synonym of Melampus parvulus Pfeiffer, 1856

Melampus aequalis Lowe, 1832: synonym of Ovatella aequalis (Lowe, 1832)

Melampus albus Gassies, 1865: synonym of Microtralia alba (Gassies, 1865)

Melampus biscayensis Fischer H., 1900: synonym of Pseudomelampus exiguus (Lowe, 1832)

Melampus caffer (Küster, 1843): synonym of Melampus lividus (Deshayes, 1830)

Melampus canariensis Nordsieck & Talavera, 1979: synonym of Pseudomelampus exiguus (Lowe, 1832)

Melampus ceylanicus [sic]: synonym of Melampus ceylonicus (Petit de la Saussaye, 1843)

Melampus coffeus (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of Melampus coffea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Melampus exiguus Lowe, 1832: synonym of Pseudomelampus exiguus (Lowe, 1832)

Melampus fortis Mousson, 1869: synonym of Melampus flavus (Gmelin, 1791)

Melampus gracilis Lowe, 1832: synonym of Myosotella myosotis (Draparnaud, 1801)

Melampus hemphillii (Dall, 1884): synonym of Sayella hemphillii (Dall, 1884)

Melampus kuesteri (Krauss in Küster, 1843): synonym of Melampus lividus (Deshayes, 1830)

Melampus microspira Pilsbry, 1891: synonym of Melampus coffea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Melampus monilis (Bruguière, 1789): synonym of Melampus monile (Bruguière, 1789)

Melampus ordinarius Melvill & Ponsonby, 1901: synonym of Melampus lividus (Deshayes, 1830)

Melampus patulus Lowe, 1832: synonym of Melampus luteus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)

Melampus singaporensis [sic]: synonym of Melampus sincaporensis L. Pfeiffer, 1855

Melampus stutchburyi L. Pfeiffer, 185: synonym of Ophicardelus sulcatus H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854

Melampus sulcatus Brazier, 1877: synonym of Ophicardelus sulcatus H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854

Melampus tetricus Morelet, 1864: synonym of Pleuroloba quoyi (H. & A. Adams, 1854)

Melampus umlaasianus (Küster, 1843): synonym of Melampus lividus (Deshayes, 1830)

References

Melampus (gastropod) Wikipedia

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