Melarhaphe
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{{Taxobox
| name = Melarhaphe
| image = Melarhaphe neritoides 01.JPG
| image_caption = Melarhaphe neritoides
| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Mollusca
| classis = Gastropoda
| unranked_superfamilia = clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
| superfamilia = Littorinoidea
| familia = Littorinidae
| subfamilia =
| genus = Melarhaphe
| genus_authority = Menke, 1828
| synonyms_ref =
| synonyms = Melaraphe Menke, 1828 (incorrect subsequent spelling)
}}
Melarhaphe is a monotypic genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.Bouchet, P.; Reid, David G. (2012). Melarhaphe Menke, 1828. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=446368 on 2012-08-23
Species
Species within the genus Melarhaphe include:
- Melarhaphe neritoides (Linnaeus, 1758)
;Species brought into synonymy:
- Melarhaphe blanfordi Dunker, 1871: synonym of Littoraria articulata (Philippi, 1846)
- Melarhaphe induta (Westerlund, 1898): synonym of Melarhaphe neritoides (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Melarhaphe oliveri Finlay, 1930: synonym of Austrolittorina antipodum (Philippi, 1847)
- Melarhaphe scabra (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of Littoraria scabra (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Melarhaphe subgranosa Dunker in Dunker & Zelebor, 1866: synonym of Echinolittorina leucosticta (Philippi, 1847)
- Melarhaphe undulata (Gray, 1839): synonym of Littoraria undulata (Gray, 1839)
- Melarhaphe zelandiae Finlay, 1927: synonym of Austrolittorina cincta (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
References
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- 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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