Melanella: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Littorinimorpha
- Family
- Eulimidae
- Genus
- Melanella
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Melanella
Summary description from Wikipedia:
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Abyssoaclis
- Aclis
- Acrochalix
- Amamibalcis
- Annulobalcis
- Apicalia
- Arcuella
- Asterolamia
- Asterophila
- Awanuia
- Bacula
- Batheulima
- Bathycrinicola
- Bulimeulima
- Campylorhaphion
- Chileutomia
- Clypeastericola
- Concavibalcis
- Costaclis
- Crinolamia
- Crinophtheiros
- Curveulima
- Cyclonidea
- Diacolax
- Discaclis
- Echineulima
- Echiuroidicola
- Enteroxenos
- Entocolax
- Entoconcha
- Ersilia
- Eulima
- Eulimetta
- Eulimostraca
- Eulitoma
- Fuscapex
- Fusceulima
- Gasterosiphon
- Goodingia
- Goriella
- Goubinia
- Haliella
- Halielloides
- Hebeulima
- Hemiaclis
- Hemiliostraca
- Hoplopteron
- Hypermastus
- Megadenus
- Melanella
- Menon
- Microeulima
- Molpadicola
- Monogamus
- Mucronalia
- Nanobalcis
- Niso
- Oceanida
- Ophieulima
- Ophioarachnicola
- Ophiolamia
- Paedophoropus
- Palisadia
- Paramegadenus
- Parvioris
- Peasistilifer
- Pelseneeria
- Pictobalcis
- Pisolamia
- Polygireulima
- Prostilifer
- Pseudosabinella
- Pulicicochlea
- Punctifera
- Pyramidelloides
- Rectilabrum
- Robillardia
- Ruapukea
- Sabinella
- Sanciaella
- Scalaribalcis
- Scalaronoba
- Scalenostoma
- Severnsia
- Sticteulima
- Stilapex
- Stilifer
- Stylifer
- Subniso
- Teretianax
- Thyca
- Thyonicola
- Trochostilifer
- Tropiometricola
- Turveria
- Umbilibalcis
- Vitreobalcis
- Vitreolina
Child Taxa
- Melanella abida
- Melanella acanthyllis
- Melanella acicula
- Melanella aciculata
- Melanella adamantina
- Melanella aequatorialis
- Melanella aethiopica
- Melanella aethria
- Melanella alba
- Melanella alertae
- Melanella alfredensis
- Melanella algoensis
- Melanella amabilis
- Melanella amblia
- Melanella ameliae
- Melanella anachorea
- Melanella antarctica
- Melanella archeyi
- Melanella arleyi
- Melanella atlantica
- Melanella attenuata
- Melanella aucklandica
- Melanella augur
- Melanella baldra
- Melanella becki
- Melanella borealis
- Melanella boscheineni
- Melanella boscii
- Melanella bovicornu
- Melanella brunnimaculata
- Melanella bryani
- Melanella callistemma
- Melanella catalinensis
- Melanella chariessa
- Melanella chydaea
- Melanella cifara
- Melanella clavula
- Melanella compactilis
- Melanella conoidea
- Melanella convexa
- Melanella corintonis
- Melanella cosmia
- Melanella costellata
- Melanella cumingii
- Melanella cunaeformis
- Melanella cuspidata
- Melanella debilis
- Melanella decagyra
- Melanella decipiens
- Melanella densicostata
- Melanella doederleini
- Melanella draconis
- Melanella dufresnii
- Melanella eburnea
- Melanella elenensis
- Melanella elsa
- Melanella eulimoides
- Melanella exasperata
- Melanella exilis
- Melanella exulata
- Melanella falcata
- Melanella fasciata
- Melanella frielei
- Melanella gagei
- Melanella glypta
- Melanella gracilis
- Melanella gradata
- Melanella grandis
- Melanella grippi
- Melanella guenteri
- Melanella hadalis
- Melanella halia
- Melanella halorhaphe
- Melanella hastata
- Melanella hebes
- Melanella hemphilli
- Melanella hypsela
- Melanella ima
- Melanella indica
- Melanella insculpta
- Melanella iotoides
- Melanella ira
- Melanella jeffreysii
- Melanella junieri
- Melanella kanaka
- Melanella karolinae
- Melanella kermadecensis
- Melanella lastra
- Melanella laurae
- Melanella letsonae
- Melanella levantina
- Melanella lubrica
- Melanella lucida
- Melanella luminosa
- Melanella lunata
- Melanella magnifica
- Melanella major
- Melanella mamilla
- Melanella maoria
- Melanella martinii
- Melanella martynjordani
- Melanella marviva
- Melanella maui
- Melanella micans
- Melanella microsculpta
- Melanella mimus
- Melanella minor
- Melanella modesta
- Melanella montereyensis
- Melanella monterosatoi
- Melanella muelleriae
- Melanella mundula
- Melanella myriotrochi
- Melanella nilae
- Melanella nisonida
- Melanella obtusa
- Melanella obtusoapicata
- Melanella ochsneri
- Melanella ogasawarana
- Melanella oldroydae
- Melanella oleacea
- Melanella olssoni
- Melanella opaca
- Melanella opalina
- Melanella ophiodon
- Melanella orphanensis
- Melanella orthophyes
- Melanella otagoensis
- Melanella oxyacme
- Melanella oxytata
- Melanella pandata
- Melanella parallela
- Melanella paxillus
- Melanella peninsularis
- Melanella penna
- Melanella perplexa
- Melanella persimilis
- Melanella petitiana
- Melanella pisinna
- Melanella planisutis
- Melanella polita
- Melanella praecurta
- Melanella producta
- Melanella pseudoglabra
- Melanella puhana
- Melanella reticulata
- Melanella retrorsa
- Melanella richardi
- Melanella robusta
- Melanella roegerae
- Melanella salvadori
- Melanella sankurieae
- Melanella sansibarica
- Melanella sarissa
- Melanella scarifata
- Melanella siberutensis
- Melanella similior
- Melanella solida
- Melanella solidula
- Melanella soliduloides
- Melanella solitaria
- Melanella spina
- Melanella spinosa
- Melanella spiridioni
- Melanella stalioi
- Melanella stamina
- Melanella subantarctica
- Melanella subula
- Melanella tanabensis
- Melanella teinostoma
- Melanella teramachii
- Melanella thalia
- Melanella thersites
- Melanella tia
- Melanella tortuosa
- Melanella translucens
- Melanella trunca
- Melanella truncata
- Melanella turbonilloides
- Melanella turrita
- Melanella vegrandis
- Melanella versa
- Melanella yamazii
- Melanella zugnigae