Melampus (gastropod)

Melampus
A live Melampus sincaporensis on a human hand
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata

Superfamily: Ellobioidea
Family: Ellobiidae
Subfamily: Melampinae
Genus: Melampus
Montfort, 1810[1]
Synonyms
  • Melampus (Melampus) Montfort, 1810 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Melampus (Micromelampus) Möllendorff, 1898 · 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

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:

Species brought into synonymy:

References

  1. Montfort P. D. (1810). Conch. 2: 318.
  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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