Melanoides

Melanoides is a genus of freshwater snails in the family Thiaridae. They are aquatic gastropod mollusks with an operculum.

Species

Species within the genus Melanoides include:

• Melanoides admirabilis <small>(Smith, 1880)</small>
• Melanoides agglutinans <small>(Bequaert & Clench, 1941)</small>
• Melanoides angolensis <small>Mandahl-Barth, 1974</small>
• Melanoides anomala <small>(Dautzenberg & Germain, 1914)</small>
• † Melanoides apirospira <small>(Fontannes, 1884)</small>
• † Melanoides apscheronica <small>(Andrusov, 1923)</small>
• † Melanoides aspera <small>Youluo, 1978</small>
• † Melanoides aspericostata <small>Y.-T. Li, 1987</small>
• Melanoides bavayi <small>(Dautzenberg & Germain, 1914)</small>
• † Melanoides castrepiscopalensis <small>(Almera, 1894)</small>
• † Melanoides catalaunica <small>(Almera & Bofill y Poch, 1895)</small>
• † Melanoides conica <small>Macaleț, 2002</small>
• Melanoides crawshayi <small>(Smith, 1893)</small>
• † Melanoides cretaceus <small>Yen, 1966</small>
• † Melanoides curvicosta <small>(Deshayes in Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire et al., 1832)</small>
• Melanoides depravata <small>(Dupuis & Putzeys, 1900)</small>
• † Melanoides devestita <small>Stache, 1889</small>
• † Melanoides diestopleura <small>(Fontannes, 1884)</small>
• Melanoides dupuisi <small>(Spence, 1923)</small>
• Melanoides elisabethkernae <small>Thach & F. Huber, 2021</small>
• Melanoides enomotoi <small>Pilsbry, 1924</small>
• † Melanoides ettingshauseni <small>(Dainelli, 1901)</small>
• Melanoides fasciata <small>(J. Sowerby, 1819)</small>
• † Melanoides falcicostata <small>(Hofmann, 1870)</small>
• Melanoides fasciolata <small>Olivier, 1804</small>: synonym of Melanoides tuberculata <small>(O. F. Müller, 1774)</small>
• † Melanoides fettkei <small>(Weaver, 1912)</small>
• † Melanoides floristriata <small>Youluo, 1978</small>
• † Melanoides florivaricosa <small>Youluo, 1978</small>
• † Melanoides furuhjelmi <small>(C. Mayer, 1869)</small>
• † Melanoides gilletae <small>Rey, 1974</small>
• † Melanoides glypta <small>Youluo, 1978</small>
• † Melanoides heberti <small>(Hermite, 1879)</small> (temporary name, junior primary homonym of M. heberti Hantken, 1878; no replacement name or synonym available)
• Melanoides hoekzemai <small>van Benthem Jutting, 1963</small>
• † Melanoides jeanteti <small>Rey, 1967</small>
• Melanoides jugicostis <small>(Hanley & Theobald, 1876)</small>
• † Melanoides juliani <small>(Roman, 1912)</small>
• †Melanoides kainarensis <small>Starobogatov & Izzatullaev, 1980</small>
• Melanoides kisangani <small>Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927</small>
• Melanoides kinshassaensis <small>(Dupuis & Putzeys, 1900)</small>
• Melanoides lamberti <small>(Crosse, 1869)</small>
• Melanoides langi <small>Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927</small>
• Melanoides laxa <small>(Mousson, 1869)</small>
• Melanoides liebrechtsi <small>(Dautzenberg, 1901)</small>
• † Melanoides lusitanica (<small>Roman, 1907)</small>
• † Melanoides macra <small>Y.-T. Li, 1987</small>
• Melanoides magnifica <small>(Bourguignat, 1889)</small>
• Melanoides manguensis <small>(Thiele, 1928)</small>
• † Melanoides martinsoni <small>Zharnyl'skaya, 1965</small>
• Melanoides mweruensis <small>(Smith, 1893)</small>
• Melanoides nodicincta <small>(Dohrn, 1865)</small>
• Melanoides nsendweensis <small>(Dupuis & Putzeys, 1900)</small>
• Melanoides nyangweensis <small>(Dupuis & Putzeys, 1900)</small>
• Melanoides nyassana <small>(Smith, 1877)</small>
• † Melanoides otatumei <small>Suzuki, 1944</small>
• † Melanoides pachecoi <small>(Vidal, 1917)</small>
• † Melanoides pamirica <small>Lindholm, 1930</small>
• † Melanoides pectinicostata <small>Youluo, 1978</small>
• † Melanoides peregrina <small>(Mousson, 1869)</small>
• Melanoides pergracilis <small>(Martens, 1897)</small>
• Melanoides polymorpha <small>(Smith, 1877)</small>
• † Melanoides procurvirostra <small>Kókay, 2006</small>
• Melanoides psorica <small>(Morelet, 1864)</small>
• Melanoides pupiformis <small>(Smith, 1877)</small>
• Melanoides recticosta <small>(Martens, 1882)</small>
• † Melanoides rwebishengoensis <small>Van Damme & Pickford, 2003</small>
• † Melanoides sepulchralis <small>(Fontannes, 1884)</small>
• Melanoides shahdaraensis <small>Starobogatov & Izzatullaev, 1980</small>
• † Melanoides solitaria <small>Stache, 1889</small>
• † Melanoides sphecodes <small>(Fontannes, 1884)</small>
• † Melanoides striata <small>Y.-T. Li, 1987</small>
• Melanoides swinhoei <small>A. Adams, 1870</small>
• † Melanoides tourainei <small>Rey, 1974</small>
• † Melanoides tournoueri <small>(Fuchs, 1877)</small>
• Melanoides truncatelliformis <small>(Bourguignat, 1885)</small>
• Melanoides tuberculata <small>(O. F. Müller, 1774)</small> - Red-rimmed melania
• † Melanoides tudorae <small>Stache, 1889</small>
• † Melanoides tuozhuangensis <small>Youluo, 1978</small>
• Melanoides turriculus <small>(I. Lea, 1850)</small> - fawn melania
• Melanoides turritispira <small>(Smith, 1877)</small>
• † Melanoides umbraculiformis <small>Youluo, 1978</small>
• † Melanoides vandenbosschei <small>Van Damme & Pickford, 2003</small>
• † Melanoides verniersi <small>Van Damme & Pickford, 2003</small>
• Melanoides victoriae <small>(Dohrn, 1865)</small>
• † Melanoides vidali <small>(Cossmann, 1898)</small>
• Melanoides voltae <small>(Thiele, 1928)</small>
• Melanoides wagenia <small>Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927</small>
• † Melanoides winkleri <small>(Mayer, 1861)</small>
• † Melanoides wollebeni <small>Perrilliat & Vega in Perrilliat et al., 2008</small>
• † Melanoides yolandae <small>Perrilliat & Vega in Perrilliat et al., 2008</small>

• Melanoides abchasica (Seninski, 1905): synonym of † Tinnyea abchasica (Seninski, 1905)
• Melanoides conicus Macaleț, 2002: synonym of † Melanoides conica Macaleț, 2002
• Melanoides riqueti (Grateloup, 1840): synonym of Sermyla riqueti (Grateloup, 1840)

References

External links

• Olivier, G.A. (1804). Voyage dans l'Empire Othoman, l'Égypte et la Perse, fair par ordre du Gouvernement, pendant les six premières années de la République. Tome second, ii pp. + 466 pp. + Errata (1 pp.); Atlas, 2d livraison: vii pp., pl. 18-32. Paris (H. Agasse)
• Brot, A. (1874-1879). Die Melaniaceen (Melanidae) in Abbildungen der Natur mit Beschreibungen. In: Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Ersten Bandes, vierundzwanzigste Abtheilung. (1) 24 (229): 1-32, pls. 1-6 (1874); (1) 24 (235): 33-80, pls. 7-12 (1875); (1) 24 (244): 81-128, pls. 13-18 (1875); (1) 24 (249): 129-192, pls. 19-24 (1876); (1) 24 (259): 193-272, pls. 25-30 (1877); (1) 24 (264): 273-352, pls. 31-36 (1877); (1) 24 (271): 353-400, pls. 37-42 (1878); (1) 24 (280): 401-456, pls. 43-48 (1879); (1) 24 (283): 457-488, pl. 49 (1879). Nürnberg (Bauer & Raspe).
• Brot, A. (1870). Catalogue of the recent species of the family Melanidae American Journal of Conchology. 6: 271-325,
• Bourguignat, J.-R. (1889). Mélanidées du lac Nyassa suivies d'un aperçu comparatif sur la faune malacologique de ce lac avec celle du grand lac Tanganika. Bulletins de la Société malacologique de France. 6: 1-66, pl. 1-2. (± December) Paris
• Roman F. (1912 ("1910")). Faune saumâtre du Sannoisien du Gard. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France. ser. 4, 10: 927-955, pls 22-24
• Glaubrecht M., Brinkmann N. & Pöppe J. (2009). Diversity and disparity ‘down under': Systematics, biogeography and reproductive modes of the ‘marsupial' freshwater Thiaridae (Caenogastropoda, Cerithioidea) in Australia. Zoosystematics and Evolution. 85(2): 199-275.
• Annandale, T. N. & Prashad, B. (1919). The Mollusca of the inland waters of Baluchistan and of Seistan, with a note on the liver-fluke of sheep in Seistan, by S. W. Kemp. Records of the Indian Museum. 18: 17-63