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

Melanella planisutis Bouchet & Warén, 1986

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Melanella*	Bowdich, 1822	accepted genus name
*Melanella alba*	(da Costa, 1778)	taxonomically included in
*Melanella boscii*	(Payraudeau, 1826)	taxonomically included in
*Melanella chariessa*	(A. E. Verrill, 1884)	taxonomically included in
*Melanella compactilis*	(Locard, 1891)	taxonomically included in
*Melanella costellata*	(Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1897)	taxonomically included in
*Melanella densicostata*	Bouchet & Warén, 1986	taxonomically included in
*Melanella distorta*	(Defrance, 1823)	taxonomically included in
*Melanella doederleini*	(Brusina, 1886)	taxonomically included in
*Melanella frielei*	(H. K. Jordan, 1895)	taxonomically included in
*Melanella gagei*	Bouchet & Warén, 1986	taxonomically included in
*Melanella glypta*	Bouchet & Warén, 1986	taxonomically included in
*Melanella halorhaphe*	(Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896)	taxonomically included in
*Melanella insculpta*	Bouchet & Warén, 1986	taxonomically included in
*Melanella jeffreysii*	(Tryon, 1886)	taxonomically included in
*Melanella laurae*	(Friele, 1886)	taxonomically included in
*Melanella levantina*	(Oliverio, Buzzurro & R. Villa, 1994)	taxonomically included in
*Melanella lubrica*	(Monterosato, 1890)	taxonomically included in
*Melanella lucida*	(A. E. Verrill, 1884)	taxonomically included in
*Melanella martynjordani*	(H. K. Jordan, 1895)	taxonomically included in
*Melanella microsculpta*	Bouchet & Warén, 1986	taxonomically included in
*Melanella monterosatoi*	(Monterosato, 1890)	taxonomically included in
*Melanella myriotrochi*	Bouchet & Warén, 1986	taxonomically included in
*Melanella obtusoapicata*	Bouchet & Warén, 1986	taxonomically included in
*Melanella orientalis*	Agamennone, Micali & Siragusa, 2020	taxonomically included in
*Melanella orphanensis*	A. H. Clarke, 1974	taxonomically included in
*Melanella pernula*	(Monterosato, 1890)	taxonomically included in
*Melanella petitiana*	(Brusina, 1869)	taxonomically included in
*Melanella planisutis*	Bouchet & Warén, 1986	taxonomically included in
*Melanella polita*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	taxonomically included in
*Melanella praecurta*	(Pallary, 1904)	taxonomically included in
*Melanella pseudoglabra*	(Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1912)	taxonomically included in
*Melanella reticulata*	Bouchet & Warén, 1986	taxonomically included in
*Melanella richardi*	(Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896)	taxonomically included in
*Melanella scarifata*	Gofas & Rueda, 2014	taxonomically included in
*Melanella similior*	Bouchet & Warén, 1986	taxonomically included in
*Melanella spiridioni*	(Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896)	taxonomically included in
*Melanella stalioi*	(Brusina, 1869)	taxonomically included in
*Melanella translucens*	(Monterosato, 1890)	taxonomically included in
*Melanella trunca*	(R. B. Watson, 1897)	taxonomically included in
*Melanella turbonilloides*	Bouchet & Warén, 1986	taxonomically included in
*Melanella turrita*	Bouchet & Warén, 1986	taxonomically included in
*Balcis*	Leach, 1847	synonym
*Eulima (Balcis)*	Leach, 1847	synonym

Literature

original description	Bouchet, P. & Warén, A. (1986). Revision of the Northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Aclididae Eulimidae, Epitonidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Bollettino Malacologico. suppl. 2: 297-576.
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.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Melanella planisutis Bouchet & Warén, 1986. 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:139858