Melarhaphe is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.
Species
Species within the genus Melarhaphe include:
- â Melarhaphe bernayi <small>(Cossmann, 1888)</small>
- â Melarhaphe deshayesi <small>(Cossmann, 1888)</small>
- â Melarhaphe ezanvillensis <small>(Gougerot & Le Renard, 1978)</small>
- â Melarhaphe gibbosa <small>(Etheridge & Bell, 1893)</small>
- â Melarhaphe levata <small>(Deshayes, 1861)</small>
- â Melarhaphe ligeriana <small>(Kadolsky, 1973)</small>
- â Melarhaphe mausseneti <small>(Cossmann, 1907)</small>
- Melarhaphe neritoides <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
- â Melarhaphe nodulifera <small>(Kadolsky, 1973)</small>
- â Melarhaphe obtusangula <small>(F. Sandberger, 1859)</small>
- â Melarhaphe perminima <small>Pacaud, 2019</small>
- â Melarhaphe pomeroli <small>(Gougerot & Braillon, 1968)</small>
- â Melarhaphe sacyi <small>(Cossmann & Peyrot, 1919)</small>
- â Melarhaphe silvae <small>Landau, Marquet & Grigis, 2004</small>
- â Melarhaphe suboperta <small>(J. Sowerby, 1814)</small>
- â Melarhaphe tumida <small>(O. Boettger, 1869)</small>
- â Melarhaphe vanhyftei <small>Pacaud, 2019</small>
Species brought into synonymy:
- Melarhaphe blanfordi <small>Dunker, 1871</small>: synonym of Littoraria articulata <small>(Philippi, 1846)</small>
- Melarhaphe induta <small>(Westerlund, 1898)</small>: synonym of Melarhaphe neritoides <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
- Melarhaphe oliveri <small>Finlay, 1930</small>: synonym of Austrolittorina antipodum <small>(Philippi, 1847)</small>
- Melarhaphe scabra <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>: synonym of Littoraria scabra <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
- Melarhaphe subgranosa <small>Dunker in Dunker & Zelebor, 1866</small>: synonym of Echinolittorina leucosticta <small>(Philippi, 1847)</small>
- Melarhaphe undulata <small>(Gray, 1839)</small>: synonym of Littoraria undulata <small>(Gray, 1839)</small>
- Melarhaphe zelandiae <small>Finlay, 1927</small>: synonym of Austrolittorina cincta <small>(Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)</small>
References
- Reid, D.G. (1986). The littorinid molluscs of mangrove forests in the Indo-Pacific region. British Museum (Natural History), London
- Reid, D. G. 1989. The Comparative Morphology, Phylogeny and Evolution of the Gastropod Family, Littorinidae. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 324: 1-110.
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