Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Tectipleura > Superorder Eupulmonata > Order Ellobiida > Superfamily Ellobioidea > Family Ellobiidae > Subfamily Pythiinae > Subfamily Pedipedinae > Genus Pseudomelampus

Pseudomelampus exiguus (R. T. Lowe, 1832)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pseudomelampus*	Pallary, 1900	accepted genus name
*Alexia (Pseudomelampus)*	Pallary, 1900	synonym

Species group names

*Missing biscayensis*	Fischer, 1899	subjective synonym
*Alexia (Pseudomelampus) jolyi*	Pallary, 1900	synonym
*Alexia (Pseudomelampus) kochi*	Pallary, 1900	synonym
*Melampus biscayensis*	H. Fischer, 1900	synonym
*Melampus canariensis*	F. Nordsieck & García-Talavera, 1979	synonym
*Melampus exiguus*	R. T. Lowe, 1832	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
subsequent type designation	Kisch, B. S. (1952). Pseudomelampus exiguus (Lowe), designation of lectotype. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 29(5): 199–200.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pseudomelampus exiguus (R. T. Lowe, 1832). 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:139678

Ruud A. Bank. Pseudomelampus exiguus (R. T. Lowe, 1832). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/c48909aa-3805-422e-a8c9-a589d6b4f3b6