Melarhaphe

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Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Littorinidae		Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Littorinoidea Genus MelarhapheMenke, 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)

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