Melanoides

Melanoides
live Melanoides tuberculata
Apertural view of two shells of Melanoides tuberculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Superfamily:	Cerithioidea
Family:	Thiaridae
Genus:	Melanoides Olivier, 1804 [1]
Type species
Melanoides fasciolataOlivier, 1804
Diversity [2]
about 30 species (in Africa)
Synonyms [3]
EumelaniaRovereto, 1899 (invalid: unnecessary nom. nov....) Faunus (Pirenopsis)Brot, 1879 HoreaBourguignat, 1888 Melania (Eumelania)Rovereto, 1899 (invalid: unnecessary nom. nov. pro StriatellaBrot, 1870, by Rovereto treated as a junior homonym of StriatellaAgardh, 1832, which is a diatom and thus does not compete in homonymy) Melania (Melanoides)Olivier, 1804 Melania (Nyassella)Bourguignat, 1889 Melania (Nyassia)Bourguignat, 1889 Melania (Striatella)Brot, 1870 (junior synonym) † Melanoides (Jacquotia)Roman, 1912 · alternate representation Melanoides (Melanoides)Olivier, 1804 MicronyassiaBourguignat, 1889 NyassellaBourguignat, 1889 NyassiaBourguignat, 1889 Nyassomelania Bourguignat, 1889 PallaryaHesse, 1916 (invalid: unnecessary nom. nov. pro StriatellaBrot, 1870, by Hesse treated as a junior homonym of StriatellaAgardh, 1832, which is a diatom, and thus does not compete in homonymy) PirenopsisBrot, 1879 StriatellaBrot, 1870 (invalid: objective junior synonym) Thiara (Melanoides)Olivier, 1804 (subgenus rank not accepted)

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

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 apirospira (Fontannes, 1884)
• † Melanoides apscheronica (Andrusov, 1923)
• † Melanoides aspera Youluo, 1978
• † Melanoides aspericostata Y.-T. Li, 1987
• 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 cretaceus Yen, 1966
• † Melanoides curvicosta (Deshayes in Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire et al., 1832)
• Melanoides depravata (Dupuis & Putzeys, 1900) ^[2]
• † Melanoides devestita Stache, 1889
• † Melanoides diestopleura (Fontannes, 1884)
• Melanoides dupuisi (Spence, 1923) ^[2]
• Melanoides elisabethkernae Thach & F. Huber, 2021
• Melanoides enomotoi Pilsbry, 1924
• † Melanoides ettingshauseni (Dainelli, 1901)
• Melanoides fasciata (J. Sowerby, 1819)
• † Melanoides falcicostata (Hofmann, 1870)
• Melanoides fasciolata Olivier, 1804: synonym of Melanoides tuberculata(O. F. Müller, 1774)
• † Melanoides fettkei (Weaver, 1912)
• † Melanoides floristriata Youluo, 1978
• † Melanoides florivaricosa Youluo, 1978
• † Melanoides furuhjelmi (C. Mayer, 1869)
• † Melanoides gilletae Rey, 1974
• † Melanoides glypta Youluo, 1978
• † Melanoides heberti (Hermite, 1879) (temporary name, junior primary homonym of M. heberti Hantken, 1878; no replacement name or synonym available)
• Melanoides hoekzemai van Benthem Jutting, 1963
• † Melanoides jeanteti Rey, 1967
• Melanoides jugicostis (Hanley & Theobald, 1876) ^[4]
• † Melanoides juliani (Roman, 1912)
• † Melanoides kainarensis Starobogatov & Izzatullaev, 1980
• Melanoides kisangani Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927 ^[2]
• Melanoides kinshassaensis (Dupuis & Putzeys, 1900) ^[2]
• Melanoides lamberti (Crosse, 1869)
• Melanoides langi Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927 ^[2]
• Melanoides laxa (Mousson, 1869)
• Melanoides liebrechtsi (Dautzenberg, 1901) ^[2]
• † Melanoides lusitanica (Roman, 1907)
• † Melanoides macra Y.-T. Li, 1987
• Melanoides magnifica (Bourguignat, 1889) ^[2]
• Melanoides manguensis (Thiele, 1928) ^[2]
• † Melanoides martinsoni Zharnyl'skaya, 1965
• 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 otatumei Suzuki, 1944
• † Melanoides pachecoi (Vidal, 1917)
• † Melanoides pamirica Lindholm, 1930
• † Melanoides pectinicostata Youluo, 1978
• † Melanoides peregrina (Mousson, 1869)
• 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 rwebishengoensis Van Damme & Pickford, 2003
• † Melanoides sepulchralis (Fontannes, 1884)
• Melanoides shahdaraensis Starobogatov & Izzatullaev, 1980
• † Melanoides solitaria Stache, 1889
• † Melanoides sphecodes (Fontannes, 1884)
• † Melanoides striata Y.-T. Li, 1987
• Melanoides swinhoei A. Adams, 1870
• † Melanoides tourainei Rey, 1974
• † Melanoides tournoueri (Fuchs, 1877)
• Melanoides truncatelliformis (Bourguignat, 1885) ^[5]
• Melanoides tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774) - Red-rimmed melania
• † Melanoides tudorae Stache, 1889
• † Melanoides tuozhuangensis Youluo, 1978
• Melanoides turriculus (I. Lea, 1850) - fawn melania ^[6]
• Melanoides turritispira (Smith, 1877) ^[2]
• † Melanoides umbraculiformis Youluo, 1978
• † Melanoides vandenbosschei Van Damme & Pickford, 2003
• † Melanoides verniersi Van Damme & Pickford, 2003
• Melanoides victoriae (Dohrn, 1865) ^[2]
• † Melanoides vidali (Cossmann, 1898)
• Melanoides voltae (Thiele, 1928) ^[2]
• Melanoides wagenia Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927 ^[2]
• † Melanoides winkleri (Mayer, 1861)
• † Melanoides wollebeni Perrilliat & Vega in Perrilliat et al., 2008
• † Melanoides yolandae Perrilliat & Vega in Perrilliat et al., 2008

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. "Melanoides jugicostis (Hanley & Theobald, 1876)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
5. 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.
6. "Melanoides". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. accessed 13 May 2011.

External links

• Olivier, G.A. (1804). Voyage dans l'Empire Othoman, l'Égypte et la Perse, fair par ordre du Gouvernement, pendant les six premières années de la République. Tome second, ii pp. + 466 pp. + Errata (1 pp.); Atlas, 2d livraison: vii pp., pl. 18-32. Paris (H. Agasse)
• Brot, A. (1874-1879). Die Melaniaceen (Melanidae) in Abbildungen der Natur mit Beschreibungen. In: Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Ersten Bandes, vierundzwanzigste Abtheilung. (1) 24 (229): 1-32, pls. 1-6 (1874); (1) 24 (235): 33-80, pls. 7-12 (1875); (1) 24 (244): 81-128, pls. 13-18 (1875); (1) 24 (249): 129-192, pls. 19-24 (1876); (1) 24 (259): 193-272, pls. 25-30 (1877); (1) 24 (264): 273-352, pls. 31-36 (1877); (1) 24 (271): 353-400, pls. 37-42 (1878); (1) 24 (280): 401-456, pls. 43-48 (1879); (1) 24 (283): 457-488, pl. 49 (1879). Nürnberg (Bauer & Raspe).
• Brot, A. (1870). Catalogue of the recent species of the family Melanidae American Journal of Conchology. 6: 271-325,
• Bourguignat, J.-R. (1889). Mélanidées du lac Nyassa suivies d'un aperçu comparatif sur la faune malacologique de ce lac avec celle du grand lac Tanganika. Bulletins de la Société malacologique de France. 6: 1-66, pl. 1-2. (± December) Paris
• Roman F. (1912 ("1910")). Faune saumâtre du Sannoisien du Gard. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France. ser. 4, 10: 927-955, pls 22-24
• Glaubrecht M., Brinkmann N. & Pöppe J. (2009). Diversity and disparity ‘down under': Systematics, biogeography and reproductive modes of the ‘marsupial' freshwater Thiaridae (Caenogastropoda, Cerithioidea) in Australia. Zoosystematics and Evolution. 85(2): 199-275.
• Annandale, T. N. & Prashad, B. (1919). The Mollusca of the inland waters of Baluchistan and of Seistan, with a note on the liver-fluke of sheep in Seistan, by S. W. Kemp. Records of the Indian Museum. 18: 17-63

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