Melanoides

Melanoides is a genus of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Thiaridae.[3]

Melanoides
live Melanoides tuberculata
Apertural view of two shells of Melanoides tuberculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:
Cerithioidea
Family:
Thiaridae
Genus:
Melanoides

Type species
Melanoides fasciolata Olivier, 1804
Diversity[2]
about 30 species (in Africa)
Synonyms[3]
  • Melania (Melanoides) Olivier, 1804
  • Melanoides (Melanoides) Olivier, 1804

Species

Species within the genus Melanoides include:

  • Melanoides admirabilis (Smith, 1880)[2]
  • Melanoides agglutinans (Bequaert & Clench, 1941)[2]
  • Melanoides angolensis Mandahl-Barth, 1974[2]
  • Melanoides anomala (Dautzenberg & Germain, 1914)[2]
  • Melanoides bavayi (Dautzenberg & Germain, 1914)[2]
  • † Melanoides castrepiscopalensis (Almera, 1894)
  • † Melanoides catalaunica (Almera & Bofill y Poch, 1895)
  • † Melanoides conica Macaleț, 2002
  • Melanoides crawshayi (Smith, 1893)[2]
  • † Melanoides curvicosta (Deshayes in Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire et al., 1832)
  • Melanoides depravata (Dupuis & Putzeys, 1900)[2]
  • Melanoides dupuisi (Spence, 1923)[2]
  • Melanoides fasciolata Olivier, 1804
  • † Melanoides heberti (Hermite, 1879)
  • Melanoides kisangani Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927[2]
  • Melanoides kinshassaensis (Dupuis & Putzeys, 1900)[2]
  • Melanoides langi Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927[2]
  • Melanoides liebrechtsi (Dautzenberg, 1901)[2]
  • † Melanoides lusitanica (Roman, 1907)
  • Melanoides magnifica (Bourguignat, 1889)[2]
  • Melanoides manguensis (Thiele, 1928)[2]
  • Melanoides mweruensis (Smith, 1893)[2]
  • Melanoides nodicincta (Dohrn, 1865)[2]
  • Melanoides nsendweensis (Dupuis & Putzeys, 1900)[2]
  • Melanoides nyangweensis (Dupuis & Putzeys, 1900)[2]
  • Melanoides nyassana (Smith, 1877)[2]
  • Melanoides pergracilis (Martens, 1897)[2]
  • Melanoides polymorpha (Smith, 1877)[2]
  • † Melanoides procurvirostra Kókay, 2006
  • Melanoides psorica (Morelet, 1864)[2]
  • Melanoides pupiformis (Smith, 1877)[2]
  • Melanoides recticosta (Martens, 1882)[2]
  • † Melanoides tournoueri (Fuchs, 1877)
  • Melanoides truncatelliformis (Bourguignat, 1885)[4]
  • Melanoides tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774) - Red-rimmed melania
  • Melanoides turriculus (I. Lea, 1850) - fawn melania[5]
  • Melanoides turritispira (Smith, 1877)[2]
  • Melanoides victoriae (Dohrn, 1865)[2]
  • Melanoides voltae (Thiele, 1928)[2]
  • Melanoides wagenia Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927[2]
  • † Melanoides winkleri (Mayer, 1861)
Species brought into synonymy
  • Melanoides abchasica (Seninski, 1905): synonym of † Tinnyea abchasica (Seninski, 1905)
  • Melanoides conicus Macaleț, 2002: synonym of † Melanoides conica Macaleț, 2002
  • Melanoides riqueti (Grateloup, 1840): synonym of Sermyla riqueti (Grateloup, 1840)

References
  1. Olivier (1804). Voy. Othoman. 3: 69.
  2. Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-7484-0026-5.
  3. Bouchet, P. (2014). Melanoides Olivier, 1804. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224571 on 2014-11-20
  4. Kaunda E., Magombo Z., Kahwa D., Mailosa A., Ngereza C. & Lange C. N. (2004). Melanoides truncatelliformis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
  5. "Melanoides". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. accessed 13 May 2011.


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