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Melanella Bowdich, 1822

137978  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137978)

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Genus
Balcis Leach, 1847 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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  1. Species Melanella alba (da Costa, 1778)
  2. Species Melanella boscii (Payraudeau, 1826)
  3. Species Melanella chariessa (A. E. Verrill, 1884)
  4. Species Melanella compactilis (Locard, 1891)
  5. Species Melanella costellata (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1897)
  6. Species Melanella densicostata Bouchet & Warén, 1986
  7. Species Melanella doederleini (Brusina, 1886)
  8. Species Melanella frielei (H. K. Jordan, 1895)
  9. Species Melanella gagei Bouchet & Warén, 1986
  10. Species Melanella glypta Bouchet & Warén, 1986
  11. Species Melanella halorhaphe (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896)
  12. Species Melanella insculpta Bouchet & Warén, 1986
  13. Species Melanella jeffreysii (Tryon, 1886)
  14. Species Melanella laurae (Friele, 1886)
  15. Species Melanella levantina (Oliverio, Buzzurro & R. Villa, 1994)
  16. Species Melanella lubrica (Monterosato, 1890)
  17. Species Melanella lucida (A. E. Verrill, 1884)
  18. Species Melanella martynjordani (H. K. Jordan, 1895)
  19. Species Melanella microsculpta Bouchet & Warén, 1986
  20. Species Melanella monterosatoi (Monterosato, 1890)
  21. Species Melanella myriotrochi Bouchet & Warén, 1986
  22. Species Melanella obtusoapicata Bouchet & Warén, 1986
  23. Species Melanella oleacea (J. D. Kurtz & W. Stimpson, 1851)
  24. Species Melanella orientalis Agamennone, Micali & Siragusa, 2020
  25. Species Melanella orphanensis A. H. Clarke, 1974
  26. Species Melanella petitiana (Brusina, 1869)
  27. Species Melanella planisutis Bouchet & Warén, 1986
  28. Species Melanella polita (Linnaeus, 1758)
  29. Species Melanella praecurta (Pallary, 1904)
  30. Species Melanella pseudoglabra (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1912)
  31. Species Melanella reticulata Bouchet & Warén, 1986
  32. Species Melanella richardi (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896)
  33. Species Melanella scarifata Gofas & Rueda, 2014
  34. Species Melanella similior Bouchet & Warén, 1986
  35. Species Melanella spiridioni (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896)
  36. Species Melanella stalioi (Brusina, 1869)
  37. Species Melanella translucens (Monterosato, 1890)
  38. Species Melanella trunca (R. B. Watson, 1897)
  39. Species Melanella turbonilloides Bouchet & Warén, 1986
  40. Species Melanella turrita Bouchet & Warén, 1986
  41. Species Melanella pernula (Monterosato, 1890) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  42. Species Melanella anteflexa (Locard, 1891) accepted as Vitreolina antiflexa (Monterosato, 1884) (unaccepted > unjustified emendation)
  43. Species Melanella crossei (Brusina, 1886) accepted as Eulima crossei Brusina, 1886
  44. Species Melanella inconspicua (R. B. Watson, 1897) accepted as Eulima inconspicua R. B. Watson, 1897
  45. Species Melanella intermedia (Cantraine, 1835) accepted as Melanella polita (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  46. Species Melanella lineata (Monterosato, 1869) accepted as Fusceulima lineata (Monterosato, 1869)
  47. Species Melanella lutea Rodrìguez Garcìa del Castillo, 2000 accepted as Melanella trunca (R. B. Watson, 1897) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  48. Species Melanella platyacme (Sykes, 1903) accepted as Melanella jeffreysii (Tryon, 1886)
  49. Species Melanella pyramidalis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1866) accepted as Leiostraca pyramidalis G. B. Sowerby II, 1866
  50. Species Melanella rubrotincta (Jeffreys, 1867) accepted as Melanella polita (Linnaeus, 1758)
  51. Species Melanella sarsi (K. J. Bush, 1909) accepted as Eulima sarsi K. J. Bush, 1909
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Bowdich, T.E. (1822). <i>Elements of conchology, including the fossil genera and the animals. Part I. Univalves</i>. 79 pp., 19 pls. Paris. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/45861
page(s): 27 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Melanella Bowdich, 1822. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=137978 on 2026-02-12
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Melanella Bowdich, 1822. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=137978 on 2026-02-12
Date
action
by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Gofas, Serge
2013-09-07 02:55:47Z
changed
Rosenberg, Gary
2017-07-02 00:47:59Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe
2019-10-25 07:36:02Z
changed
Vinarski, Maxim

original description Bowdich, T.E. (1822). <i>Elements of conchology, including the fossil genera and the animals. Part I. Univalves</i>. 79 pp., 19 pls. Paris. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/45861
page(s): 27 [details] 

original description (of Balcis Leach, 1847) Gray, J. E. (1847). The classification of the British Mollusca, by W. E. Leach, M.D. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (1) 20(133): 267-273. [published 1 October 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2278926
page(s): 271 [details] 

basis of record Warén, A. (1984). A generic revision of the family Eulimidae (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> suppl., 13: 1-96., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/49.supplement_13.1
page(s): 54 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
 
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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Balcis) (from synonym Balcis Leach, 1847)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Melanella) 
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