Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Littorinimorpha > Superfamily Vanikoroidea > Family Eulimidae

Melanella Bowdich, 1822

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Balcis*	Leach, 1847	synonym
*Eulima (Balcis)*	Leach, 1847	synonym

Children

Melanella alba (da Costa, 1778)
Melanella boscii (Payraudeau, 1826)
Melanella chariessa (A. E. Verrill, 1884)
Melanella compactilis (Locard, 1891)
Melanella costellata (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1897)
Melanella densicostata Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Melanella distorta (Defrance, 1823)
Melanella doederleini (Brusina, 1886)
Melanella frielei (H. K. Jordan, 1895)
Melanella gagei Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Melanella glypta Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Melanella halorhaphe (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896)
Melanella insculpta Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Melanella jeffreysii (Tryon, 1886)
Melanella laurae (Friele, 1886)
Melanella levantina (Oliverio, Buzzurro & R. Villa, 1994)
Melanella lubrica (Monterosato, 1890)
Melanella lucida (A. E. Verrill, 1884)
Melanella martynjordani (H. K. Jordan, 1895)
Melanella microsculpta Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Melanella monterosatoi (Monterosato, 1890)
Melanella myriotrochi Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Melanella obtusoapicata Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Melanella orientalis Agamennone, Micali & Siragusa, 2020
Melanella orphanensis A. H. Clarke, 1974
Melanella pernula (Monterosato, 1890)
Melanella petitiana (Brusina, 1869)
Melanella planisutis Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Melanella polita (Linnaeus, 1758)
Melanella praecurta (Pallary, 1904)
Melanella pseudoglabra (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1912)
Melanella reticulata Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Melanella richardi (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896)
Melanella scarifata Gofas & Rueda, 2014
Melanella similior Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Melanella spiridioni (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896)
Melanella stalioi (Brusina, 1869)
Melanella translucens (Monterosato, 1890)
Melanella trunca (R. B. Watson, 1897)
Melanella turbonilloides Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Melanella turrita Bouchet & Warén, 1986

Literature

original description	Bowdich, T.E. (1822). Elements of conchology, including the fossil genera and the animals. Part I. Univalves. 79 pp., 19 pls. Paris.
basis of record	Warén, A. (1984). A generic revision of the family Eulimidae (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). Journal of Molluscan Studies. suppl 13: 1-96.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Melanella Bowdich, 1822. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137978