Melampus (gastropod)

Melampus
	A live Melampus sincaporensis on a human hand
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
Superorder:	Eupulmonata
Order:	Ellobiida
Superfamily:	Ellobioidea
Family:	Ellobiidae
Subfamily:
Genus:	Melampus; , 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:

Morelet, 1889
L. Pfeiffer, 1855
† Meek, 1873
Melampus bidentatus Say, 1822
Pfeiffer, 1856
(Montagu, 1808)
(Lesson, 1842)
Mühlfeld, 1818
(Petit de la Saussaye, 1843)
Melampus coffea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Morelet, 1882
Pfeiffer, 1854
de Morgan, 1885
(Récluz, 1846)
H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
(Deshayes, 1830)
† Maillard, 1884
(Gmelin, 1791)
Crosse, 1867
Pfeiffer, 1856
(Mousson, 1849)
Gassies, 1869
E. von Martens, 1897
H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
(Deshayes, 1830)
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
L. Pfeiffer, 1858
(Bruguiére, 1789)
Martins, 1996
Berry, 1964
Martens, 1856
Melampus nuxeastaneus Kuroda, 1949^{[citation needed]}
Carpenter, 1857
Baird, 1873
'' (Morrrison, 1951)
Pfeiffer, 1856
Odhner, 1922
Morelet, 1860
Kobelt, 1869
(Küster, 1844)
† Tournouër, 1872
(Petit de la Saussaye, 1843)
Möllendorff, 1894
Pfeiffer, 1859
Connolly, 1912
Pease, 1860
Mousson, 1869
Melampus sincaporensis Pfeiffer, 1855
† (Cossmann, 1895)
(C.B. Adams, 1852)
^{[citation needed]}
† de Morgan, 1917
† F. E. Edwards, 1852
C.B. Adams, 1852
(Philippi, 1845)
† (Deshayes, 1830)
Gassies, 1863

Taxon inquirendum

Melampus pusillus (Gmelin, 1791)
Melampus sulculosus Martens, 1865
Melampus viola (Lesson, 1831) (synonym: Auricula viola Lesson, 1831 )

Species brought into synonymy

Subgenus Melampus (Detracia) Gray, 1840 : synonym of Gray, 1840
Melampus acutispira Turton, 1932: synonym of Melampus parvulus Pfeiffer, 1856
Melampus aequalis Lowe, 1832: synonym of (Lowe, 1832)
Melampus albus Gassies, 1865: synonym of (Gassies, 1865)
Melampus biscayensis Fischer H., 1900: synonym of (Lowe, 1832)
Melampus caffer (Küster, 1843): synonym of Melampus lividus (Deshayes, 1830)
Melampus canariensis Nordsieck & Talavera, 1979: synonym of (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 (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 H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
Melampus sulcatus Brazier, 1877: synonym of H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
Melampus tetricus Morelet, 1864: synonym of (H. & A. Adams, 1854)
Melampus umlaasianus (Küster, 1843): synonym of Melampus lividus (Deshayes, 1830)

References[]

^ (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[]

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[1] (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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Melampus

A live Melampus sincaporensis on a human hand
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
Superorder:	Eupulmonata
Order:	Ellobiida
Superfamily:	Ellobioidea
Family:	Ellobiidae
Subfamily:
Genus:	Melampus , 1810^[1]
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)