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Melarhaphe

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Littorinidae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Littorinoidea

Genus
  
Melarhaphe Menke, 1828

Melarhaphe is a monotypic genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.

Species

Species within the genus Melarhaphe include:

  • Melarhaphe neritoides (Linnaeus, 1758)
    • Species brought into synonymy
  • Melarhaphe blanfordi Dunker, 1871: synonym of Littoraria articulata (Philippi, 1846)
  • Melarhaphe induta (Westerlund, 1898): synonym of Melarhaphe neritoides (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Melarhaphe oliveri Finlay, 1930: synonym of Austrolittorina antipodum (Philippi, 1847)
  • Melarhaphe scabra (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of Littoraria scabra (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Melarhaphe subgranosa Dunker in Dunker & Zelebor, 1866: synonym of Echinolittorina leucosticta (Philippi, 1847)
  • Melarhaphe undulata (Gray, 1839): synonym of Littoraria undulata (Gray, 1839)
  • Melarhaphe zelandiae Finlay, 1927: synonym of Austrolittorina cincta (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)

    • References

    Melarhaphe Wikipedia
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