Melampus (gastropod)

Melampus
	A live Melampus sincaporensis on a human hand
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Ellobiida
Superfamily:	Ellobioidea
Family:	Ellobiidae
Subfamily:	Melampodinae
Genus:	; Montfort, 1810
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

Species in the genus Melampus include:

Melampus acinoides Morelet, 1889
Melampus adamsianus L. Pfeiffer, 1855
† Melampus antiquus Meek, 1873
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 concretus Morelet, 1882
Melampus cristatus Pfeiffer, 1854
Melampus crossei de Morgan, 1885
Melampus cumingianus (Récluz, 1846)
Melampus exaratus H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
Melampus fasciatus (Deshayes, 1830)
† Melampus feurtillensis Maillard, 1884
Melampus flavus (Gmelin, 1791)
Melampus flexuosus Crosse, 1867
Melampus floridanus Pfeiffer, 1856
Melampus granifer (Mousson, 1849)
Melampus granum Gassies, 1869
Melampus hypoleucus E. von Martens, 1897
Melampus liberianus H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
Melampus lividus (Deshayes, 1830)
Melampus luteus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
Melampus massauensis L. Pfeiffer, 1858
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 (Morrison, 1951)
Melampus parvulus Pfeiffer, 1856
Melampus pascus Odhner, 1922
Melampus pfeifferianus Morelet, 1860
Melampus phaeostylus Kobelt, 1869
Melampus philippii (Küster, 1844)
† Melampus pilula Tournouër, 1872
Melampus pulchellus (Petit de la Saussaye, 1843)
Melampus quadrasi Möllendorff, 1894
Melampus sculptus Pfeiffer, 1859
Melampus semiaratus Connolly, 1912
Melampus semiplicatus Pease, 1860
Melampus semisulcatus Mousson, 1869
Melampus sincaporensis Pfeiffer, 1855
† Melampus sinuosus (Cossmann, 1895)
Melampus tabogensis (C.B. Adams, 1852)
Melampus taeniolatus
† Melampus tenuistriatus de Morgan, 1917
† Melampus tridentatus F. E. Edwards, 1852
Melampus trilineatus C.B. Adams, 1852
Melampus triticeus (Philippi, 1845)
† Melampus turonensis (Deshayes, 1830)
Melampus variabilis Gassies, 1863

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

^ Montfort P. D. (1810). Conch. 2: 318.
^ 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

External links

[1] Montfort P. D. (1810). Conch. 2: 318.

[WoRMS-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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