Melarhaphe
| Melarhaphe | |
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| Melarhaphe neritoides | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Littorinidae |
| Subfamily: | Littorininae |
| Genus: | Melarhaphe Menke, 1828 |
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Melarhaphe is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.[1]
Species
Species within the genus Melarhaphe include:
- † Melarhaphe bernayi (Cossmann, 1888)
- † Melarhaphe deshayesi (Cossmann, 1888)
- † Melarhaphe ezanvillensis (Gougerot & Le Renard, 1978)
- † Melarhaphe gibbosa (Etheridge & Bell, 1893)
- † Melarhaphe levata (Deshayes, 1861)
- † Melarhaphe ligeriana (Kadolsky, 1973)
- † Melarhaphe mausseneti (Cossmann, 1907)
- Melarhaphe neritoides (Linnaeus, 1758)
- † Melarhaphe nodulifera (Kadolsky, 1973)
- † Melarhaphe obtusangula (F. Sandberger, 1859)
- † Melarhaphe perminima Pacaud, 2019
- † Melarhaphe pomeroli (Gougerot & Braillon, 1968)
- † Melarhaphe sacyi (Cossmann & Peyrot, 1919)
- † Melarhaphe silvae Landau, Marquet & Grigis, 2004
- † Melarhaphe suboperta (J. Sowerby, 1814)
- † Melarhaphe tumida (O. Boettger, 1869)
- † Melarhaphe vanhyftei Pacaud, 2019
- 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
- ^ 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
- 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.
External links
- Rosewater, J. (1966). "Reinstatement of Melarhaphe Menke, 1828". The Nautilus. 80 (2).