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Melanella  Bowdich, 1822
Taxonomic Serial No.: 72440

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 1999   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumSpiralia   
             PhylumMollusca  – mollusques, molusco, molluscs, mollusks  
                ClassGastropoda Cuvier, 1797 – gastropods, slugs, snails, escargots, gastéropodes, limaces, caracol, caramujo, lesma  
                   SubclassOrthogastropoda   
                      InfraclassCaenogastropoda   
                         OrderLittorinida   
                            SuborderRissoidina   
                               SuperfamilyEulimoidea Philippi, 1853  
                                  FamilyEulimidae Philippi, 1853  
                                     GenusMelanella Bowdich, 1822  
    Direct Children:  
                                        Species Melanella arcuata (C. B. Adams, 1850) – twisted eulima 
                                        Species Melanella bakeri Bartsch, 1917  
                                        Species Melanella berryi Bartsch, 1917  
                                        Species Melanella bilineata Alder, 1848  
                                        Species Melanella californica Bartsch, 1917  
                                        Species Melanella catalinensis Bartsch, 1917 – catalina eulima 
                                        Species Melanella columbiana Bartsch, 1917  
                                        Species Melanella comoxensis Bartsch, 1917  
                                        Species Melanella compacta (Carpenter, 1866)  
                                        Species Melanella conoidea (Kurtz and Stimpson, 1851) – conoidal eulima 
                                        Species Melanella delmontensis (A. G. Smith and M. Gordon, 1948)  
                                        Species Melanella distorta (Vanatta, 1899)  
                                        Species Melanella elongata Bucquoy, Dollfus and Dautzenberg, 1883  
                                        Species Melanella eulimoides (C. B. Adams, 1850) – grooved eulima 
                                        Species Melanella giba de Folin, 1867  
                                        Species Melanella gracilis (C. B. Adams, 1850)  
                                        Species Melanella grippi Bartsch, 1917  
                                        Species Melanella intermedia (Cantraine, 1835)  
                                        Species Melanella jamaicensis (C. B. Adams, 1845) – Jamaica eulima 
                                        Species Melanella lastra Bartsch, 1917  
                                        Species Melanella macra Bartsch, 1917  
                                        Species Melanella micans (Carpenter, 1865)  
                                        Species Melanella micrans (Carpenter, 1864)  
                                        Species Melanella montereyensis Bartsch, 1917 – Monterey eulima 
                                        Species Melanella oldroydae Bartsch, 1917  
                                        Species Melanella orphanensis Clarke, 1974  
                                        Species Melanella peninsularis Bartsch, 1917 – Baja eulima 
                                        Species Melanella randolfi Vanatta, 1899  
                                        Species Melanella rutila (Carpenter, 1864) – auburn eulima 
                                        Species Melanella sarsi (Bush, 1909)  
                                        Species Melanella tacomaensis Bartsch, 1917 – Tacoma eulima 
                                        Species Melanella thersites (Carpenter, 1864)  
                                        Species Melanella titubans (S. S. Berry, 1956)  
       

 References
       
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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Melanella   
       
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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al.  
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26   
  Page(s): 526   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-888569-01-8, 0097-0638  
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  Reference for: Melanella   
       

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