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Melampus (gastropod)

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Melampus
A live Melampus sincaporensis on a human hand
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Ellobiida
Superfamily: Ellobioidea
Family: Ellobiidae
Subfamily: Melampodinae
Genus: Melampus
Montfort, 1810[1]
Synonyms
  • Auricula (Conovulus) Lamarck, 1816
  • Conovulus Lamarck, 1816
  • Melampus (Melampus) Montfort, 1810 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Melampus (Micromelampus) Möllendorff, 1898 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Melampus (Persa) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855· accepted, alternate representation
  • Melampus (Pira) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855· accepted, alternate representation
  • Melampus (Signia) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Pira H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855
  • Tifata H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855
  • Tralia (Signia) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855 (basionym)

Melampus is a genus of small air-breathing salt marsh snails, pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae.[2]

Species

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Species in the genus Melampus include:

Taxon inquirendum
  • Melampus avenaceus Mousson, 1870
  • Melampus brevis Gassies, 1863
  • Melampus bridgesii Carpenter, 1856
  • Melampus commodus H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
  • Melampus edentulus Martens, 1865
  • Melampus exesus Gassies, 1874
  • Melampus fuscus (Küster, 1843)
  • Melampus maurus (Küster, 1844)
  • Melampus mitralis H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
  • Melampus mucronatus Gould, 1852
  • Melampus nitidulus H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
  • Melampus obovatus H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
  • Melampus pallescens G. B. Sowerby I, 1839 (use in recent literature currently undocumented)
  • Melampus pusillus (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Melampus pyriformis (Petit de la Saussaye, 1843)
  • Melampus striatus Pease, 1861
  • Melampus strictus Gassies, 1874
  • Melampus sulculosus Martens, 1865
  • Melampus tournoueri Locard, 1878
  • Melampus viola (Lesson, 1831) (synonym: Auricula viola Lesson, 1831 )
  • Melampus wilkei Dohrn, 1860
  • Melampus wolfii K. Miller, 1879 (status in recent literature not researched by editor)
  • Melampus zealandicus H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
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 siamensis Martens, 1865: synonym of Melampus sincaporensis L. Pfeiffer, 1855
  • 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

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  1. ^ Montfort P. D. (1810). Conch. 2: 318.
  2. ^ Bouchet, P. (2014). Melampus Montfort, 1810. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160366 on 2015-02-24
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