Melanella

The following species are recognised in the genus Melanella:

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| Melanella abida | Dall, 1927

| Melanella acanthyllis | (R. B. Watson, 1883)

| Melanella acicula | (A. Gould, 1849)

| Melanella aciculata | (Pease, 1861)

| Melanella acuformis | (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1875)

| Melanella adamantina | (de Folin, 1867)

| Melanella adiastalta | Souza, Pimenta & J. Barros, 2021

| Melanella aequatorialis | (Thiele, 1925)

| Melanella aethiopica | (Thiele, 1925)

| Melanella aethria | (Melvill, 1918)

| Melanella agulhasensis | (Thiele, 1925)

| Melanella alba | (da Costa, 1778)

| Melanella alertae | (Dell, 1956)

| Melanella alfredensis | Bartsch, 1915

| Melanella algoensis | (E. A. Smith)

| Melanella amabilis | (Brazier, 1877)

| Melanella amblia | (R. B. Watson, 1883)

| Melanella amblytera | (Verrill & Bush, 1900)

| Melanella ameliae | Engl, 2007

| Melanella anachorea | Dall, 1927

| Melanella anapetes | Souza, Pimenta & J. Barros, 2021

| Melanella antarctica | (Strebel, 1908)

| Melanella archeyi | (Finlay, 1928)

| † Melanella arenularia | (Gougerot in Perreau, 1969)

| Melanella arleyi | Espinosa, Ortea & Magaña, 2001

| Melanella atlantica | (E. A. Smith, 1890)

| Melanella attenuata | (G. B. Sowerby II, 1866)

| Melanella aucklandica | (Suter, 1909)

| Melanella augur | (Angas, 1865)

| † Melanella badenia | (Laws, 1939)

| Melanella baldra | Bartsch, 1917

| Melanella becki | (Turton, 1932)

| Melanella bipartita | (Mörch, 1859)

| Melanella borealis | (Bartsch, 1917)

| Melanella boscheineni | Engl, 2004

| Melanella boscii | (Payraudeau, 1826)

| Melanella bovicornu | (Pilsbry, 1905)

| Melanella breviuscula | (Dunker, 1875)

| Melanella brunnimaculata | (Kay, 1979)

| Melanella bryani | Pilsbry, 1918

| Melanella callistemma | Dall, 1927

| Melanella candida | (Marrat, 1880)

| Melanella catalinensis | Bartsch, 1917

| Melanella chariessa | (Verrill, 1884)

| Melanella chydaea | (Watson, 1883)

| Melanella cifara | Bartsch, 1915

| Melanella clavula | (A. Adams, 1861)

| † Melanella collator | (Laws, 1944)

| Melanella compactilis | (Locard, 1891)

| Melanella conoidalis | (G. B. Sowerby II, 1865)

| Melanella conoidea | (Kurtz & W. Stimpson, 1851)

| Melanella convexa | (E. A. Smith, 1907)

| Melanella corintonis | (Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1951)

| Melanella cosmia | Bartsch, 1917

| Melanella costellata | (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1897)

| Melanella cumingii | (A. Adams, 1854)

| Melanella cunaeformis | (May, 1915)

| Melanella cuspidata | (A. Adams, 1854)

| Melanella cyclopia | Scuderi, Tisselli & Micali, 2022

| Melanella cylindrica | (Thiele, 1925)

| Melanella debilis | (A. Adams, 1861)

| Melanella decagyra | (Melvill & Standen, 1903)

| Melanella decipiens | (Hedley, 1899)

| Melanella densicostata | Bouchet & Warén, 1986

| † Melanella distorta | (Defrance, 1823)

| Melanella doederleini | (Brusina, 1886)

| Melanella draconis | Bartsch, 1917

| † Melanella dubusi | (Cossmann & Pissarro, 1902)

| Melanella dufresnii | Bowdich, 1822

| Melanella eburnea | (Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1824)

| Melanella elenensis | (Bartsch, 1924)

| Melanella elsa | Thiele, 1930

| Melanella eulimoides | (C. B. Adams, 1850)

| Melanella exasperata | (Preston, 1905)

| Melanella exilis | (Pease, 1863)

| Melanella exulata | (E. A. Smith, 1915)

| Melanella falcata | (Carpenter, 1865)

| Melanella fasciata | (R. B. Watson, 1883)

| Melanella flexuosa | (A. Adams, 1854)

| Melanella frielei | (H. K. Jordan, 1895)

| Melanella gagei | Bouchet & Warén, 1986

| † Melanella geoffreyi | (Laws, 1936)

| Melanella glypta | Bouchet & Warén, 1986

| Melanella gracilis | (C. B. Adams, 1850)

| Melanella gradata | (Cotton & Godfrey, 1932)

| Melanella grandis | (A. Adams, 1853)

| Melanella gratiosa | (Thiele, 1925)

| Melanella grippi | (Bartsch, 1917)

| Melanella guenteri | Engl, 2004

| Melanella hadalis | Knudsen, 1964

| Melanella halia | Bartsch, 1917

| Melanella halorhaphe | (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896)

| Melanella hastata | (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)

| Melanella hebes | (R. B. Watson, 1883)

| Melanella hemphilli | Bartsch, 1917

| Melanella hians | (R. B. Watson, 1883)

| Melanella hypsela | (Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1900)

| Melanella ima | Pilsbry, 1918

| Melanella indica | (Preston, 1905)

| Melanella insculpta | Bouchet & Warén, 1986

| Melanella iotoides | Bartsch, 1916

| Melanella ira | Dall, 1927

| Melanella jeffreysii | (Tryon, 1886)

| Melanella jucunda | (Thiele, 1925)

| Melanella junieri | Espinosa, Ortea & Magaña, 2006

| † Melanella kaiparaensis | (Laws, 1939)

| Melanella kanaka | Pilsbry, 1917

| Melanella karolinae | Engl, 2006

| Melanella kermadecensis | W. R. B. Oliver, 1915

| Melanella kuronamako | (Habe, 1952)

| Melanella lactea | (A. Adams, 1854)

| Melanella lastra | Bartsch, 1917

| Melanella laurae | (Friele, 1886)

| † Melanella lautoides | Finlay & Marwick, 1937

| Melanella letsonae | Pilsbry, 1917

| Melanella levantina | (Oliverio, Buzzurro & R. Villa, 1994)

| Melanella lubrica | (Monterosato, 1890)

| Melanella luchuana | (Pilsbry, 1901)

| Melanella lucida | (A. E. Verrill, 1884)

| Melanella luminosa | B. A. Marshall, 1997

| Melanella lunata | Pilsbry, 1918

| Melanella magnifica | (Bartsch, 1915)

| Melanella major | (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)

| Melanella mamilla | (May, 1915)

| Melanella maoria | (Powell, 1940)

| Melanella martarum | Souza, Asorey & Sellanes, 2024

| Melanella martinii | (A. Adams, 1854)

| Melanella martynjordani | (H. K. Jordan, 1895)

| Melanella marviva | Espinosa, Ortea & Magaña, 2006

| Melanella maui | (Dell, 1952)

| Melanella micans | (P. P. Carpenter, 1865)

| Melanella microsculpta | Bouchet & Warén, 1986

| Melanella mimus | Pilsbry, 1918

| Melanella minor | (Pallary, 1904)

| Melanella modesta | (Thiele, 1925)

| Melanella modesta | Thiele, 1930

| Melanella montereyensis | Bartsch, 1917

| Melanella monterosatoi | (Monterosato, 1890)

| Melanella muelleriae | (Sturany, 1903)

| Melanella mundula | (A. Adams, 1861)

| Melanella myriotrochi | Bouchet & Warén, 1986

| Melanella nilae | Engl, 2006

| Melanella nisonida | (Melvill, 1906)

| Melanella obtusa | (Laseron, 1955)

| Melanella obtusoapicata | Bouchet & Warén, 1986

| Melanella ochsneri | Bartsch, 1917

| Melanella odontoidea | (A. Adams, 1861)

| Melanella ogasawarana | (Pilsbry, 1905)

| Melanella oldroydae | Bartsch, 1917

| Melanella oleacea | (Kurtz & W. Stimpson, 1851)

| Melanella olssoni | (Bartsch, 1924)

| Melanella opaca | (G. B. Sowerby II, 1865)

| Melanella opalina | (J. T. Marshall, 1901)

| Melanella ophiodon | Dall, 1927

| Melanella orientalis | Agamennone, Micali & Siragusa, 2020

| Melanella orphanensis | A. H. Clarke, 1974

| Melanella orthophyes | (Sturany, 1903)

| Melanella otagoensis | (Powell, 1927)

| Melanella oxyacme | (Suter, 1908)

| Melanella oxytata | (R. B. Watson, 1883)

| Melanella pandata | (A. Adams, 1861)

| Melanella paraabida | Souza, Pimenta & J. Barros, 2021

| Melanella parallela | Dall, 1927

| † Melanella parviapertura | Landau, La Perna & Marquet, 2006

| † Melanella patutahiensis | Marwick, 1931

| Melanella paxillus | (Hedley, 1904)

| Melanella peninsularis | Bartsch, 1917

| Melanella penna | Dall, 1927

| † Melanella pepediazi | Landau, La Perna & Marquet, 2006

| Melanella perplexa | W. R. B. Oliver, 1915

| Melanella persimilis | (Kuroda & Habe, 1971)

| Melanella petitiana | (Brusina, 1869)

| Melanella pisinna | Rehder, 1980

| Melanella planisutis | Bouchet & Warén, 1986

| † Melanella plioiberica | Landau, La Perna & Marquet, 2006

| Melanella polita | (Linnaeus, 1758)

| † Melanella polygyra | (Charlesworth, 1851)

| † Melanella pontilis | P. A. Maxwell, 1992

| Melanella praecurta | (Pallary, 1904)

| Melanella producta | (P. P. Carpenter, 1863)

| Melanella pseudoglabra | (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1912)

| Melanella puhana | (Dell, 1956)

| Melanella reticulata | Bouchet & Warén, 1986

| Melanella retrorsa | (G. B. Sowerby II, 1865)

| † Melanella retusa | (Pezant, 1911)

| Melanella richardi | (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896)

| Melanella robusta | (A. Adams, 1861)

| Melanella roegerae | (Cotton & Godfrey, 1932)

| Melanella salvadori | Castellanos, Rolán & Bartolotta, 1987

| Melanella sankurieae | Engl, 2004

| Melanella sansibarica | (Thiele, 1925)

| Melanella sarissa | (R. B. Watson, 1883)

| Melanella scarifata | Gofas & Rueda, 2014

| † Melanella seguenzai | Di Geronimo & La Perna, 1999

| Melanella shibana | (Yokoyama, 1927)

| Melanella siberutensis | (Thiele, 1925)

| Melanella similior | Bouchet & Warén, 1986

| † Melanella similis | (d'Orbigny, 1852)

| Melanella solida | (G. B. Sowerby II, 1865)

| Melanella solidula | (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)

| Melanella soliduloides | (Habe, 1951)

| Melanella solitaria | (E. A. Smith, 1915)

| † Melanella sororcula | (Wrigley, 1945)

| † Melanella sowerbyi | (Newton, 1891)

| Melanella spina | (O. Boettger, 1893)

| Melanella spinosa | W. R. B. Oliver, 1915

| Melanella spiridioni | (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896)

| Melanella stalioi | (Brusina, 1869)

| Melanella stamina | Dall, 1927

| Melanella subantarctica | (Strebel, 1908)

| † Melanella subemarginata | (Deshayes, 1862)

| Melanella subula | (A. Adams, 1861)

| † Melanella sulculata | (Wrigley, 1945)

| Melanella tanabensis | Takano, Tanaka & Kano, 2019

| Melanella teinostoma | (A. Adams, 1854)

| Melanella teramachii | (Habe, 1952)

| Melanella thalia | Bartsch, 1915

| Melanella thersites | (P. P. Carpenter, 1864)

| Melanella tia | (Bartsch, 1926)

| Melanella tortuosa | (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)

| Melanella townsendi | Bartsch, 1917

| Melanella translucens | (Monterosato, 1890)

| Melanella trunca | (R. B. Watson, 1897)

| Melanella truncata | (Suter, 1908)

| Melanella turbonilloides | Bouchet & Warén, 1986

| Melanella turrita | Bouchet & Warén, 1986

| † Melanella tutamoensis | Marwick, 1931

| Melanella variabilis | (Schepman, 1913)

| Melanella vegrandis | (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)

| Melanella versa | Dall, 1927

| † Melanella waiaotea | (Laws, 1941)

| † Melanella waikomitica | (Laws, 1939)

| † Melanella wareni | Landau, La Perna & Marquet, 2006 

| Melanella yamazii | (Habe, 1952)

| Melanella zugnigae | Espinosa, Ortea & Magaña, 2001

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The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database also includes the following species with names in current use[http://clade.ansp.org/obis/search.php/10440 OBIS : Melanella]

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• Melanella australiensis (Thiele, 1930)
• Melanella campyla (Watson, 1883)
• Melanella carneola (Gould, 1861 in 1859–61)
• Melanella curvata (A. Adams, 1861-b)
• Melanella dentaliopsis (A. Adams, 1861-b)
• Melanella flexa (A. Adams, 1861-b)
• Melanella labiosa (Sowerby II, 1834-b)
• Melanella musta (Yokoyama, 1928)
• Melanella nivea (A. Adams, 1861): species inquirenda
• Melanella oblonga (Boettger)
• Melanella pinguicula (A. Adams, 1861)
• Melanella reclinata (A. Adams, 1861)
• Melanella scitula (A. Adams, 1861-b)
• Melanella semitorta (A. Adams, 1861-b)
• Melanella stenostoma (A. Adams, 1861-b)
• Melanella stylata (A. Adams, 1861-b)
• Melanella valida (A. Adams, 1861-b)
• Melanella venusta (Pease, 1868-b)

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{{Reflist}}

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• [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/45861 Bowdich, T.E. 1822. Elements of Conchology, including the fossil genera and animals. Part 1. Univalves. Paris : Smith pp. i–xi, 14–73, index 1–3, 19 pls, 2 tables]
• [https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913 Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1847) 15: 129-219]
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• [https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/1605/5667 Serge GOFAS, Ángel A. LUQUE, Joan Daniel OLIVER, José TEMPLADO & Alberto SERRA (2021) - The Mollusca of Galicia Bank (NE Atlantic Ocean); European Journal of Taxonomy 785: 1–114]

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Category:Gastropod genera

Category:Taxa named by Thomas Edward Bowdich