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Melampus (gastropod)

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

Species

Species in the genus Melampus include:

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

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