title: Melanella
text: # Melanella
  
  Melanella is a genus of very small ectoparasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Eulimidae.
  
  ## Species
  
  According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) the following species are recognised in the genus Melanella
  
  * Melanella abida Dall, 1927
  * Melanella acanthyllis (R. B. Watson, 1883)
  * Melanella acicula (A. Gould, 1849)
  * Melanella aciculata (Pease, 1861)
  * Melanella acuformis (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1875)
  * Melanella adamantina (de Folin, 1867)
  * Melanella adiastalta Souza, Pimenta & J. Barros, 2021
  * Melanella aequatorialis (Thiele, 1925)
  * Melanella aethiopica (Thiele, 1925)
  * Melanella aethria (Melvill, 1918)
  * Melanella agulhasensis (Thiele, 1925)
  * Melanella alba (da Costa, 1778)
  * Melanella alertae (Dell, 1956)
  * Melanella alfredensis Bartsch, 1915
  * Melanella algoensis (E. A. Smith)
  * Melanella amabilis (Brazier, 1877)
  * Melanella amblia (R. B. Watson, 1883)
  * Melanella amblytera (Verrill & Bush, 1900)
  * Melanella ameliae Engl, 2007
  * Melanella anachorea Dall, 1927
  * Melanella anapetes Souza, Pimenta & J. Barros, 2021
  * Melanella antarctica (Strebel, 1908)
  * Melanella archeyi (Finlay, 1928)
  * Melanella arenularia (Gougerot in Perreau, 1969) †
  * Melanella arleyi Espinosa, Ortea & Magaña, 2001
  * Melanella atlantica (E. A. Smith, 1890)
  * Melanella attenuata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1866)
  * Melanella aucklandica (Suter, 1909)
  * Melanella augur (Angas, 1865)
  * Melanella badenia (Laws, 1939) †
  * Melanella baldra Bartsch, 1917
  * Melanella becki (Turton, 1932)
  * Melanella bipartita (Mörch, 1859)
  * Melanella borealis (Bartsch, 1917)
  * Melanella boscheineni Engl, 2004
  * Melanella boscii (Payraudeau, 1826)
  * Melanella bovicornu (Pilsbry, 1905)
  * Melanella breviuscula (Dunker, 1875)
  * Melanella brunnimaculata (Kay, 1979)
  * Melanella bryani Pilsbry, 1918
  * Melanella callistemma Dall, 1927
  * Melanella candida (Marrat, 1880)
  * Melanella catalinensis Bartsch, 1917
  * Melanella chariessa (Verrill, 1884)
  * Melanella chydaea (Watson, 1883)
  * Melanella cifara Bartsch, 1915
  * Melanella clavula (A. Adams, 1861)
  * Melanella collator (Laws, 1944) †
  * Melanella compactilis (Locard, 1891)
  * Melanella conoidalis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1865)
  * Melanella conoidea (Kurtz & W. Stimpson, 1851)
  * Melanella convexa (E. A. Smith, 1907)
  * Melanella corintonis (Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1951)
  * Melanella cosmia Bartsch, 1917
  * Melanella costellata (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1897)
  * Melanella cumingii (A. Adams, 1854)
  * Melanella cunaeformis (May, 1915)
  * Melanella cuspidata (A. Adams, 1854)
  * Melanella cyclopia Scuderi, Tisselli & Micali, 2022
  * Melanella cylindrica (Thiele, 1925)
  * Melanella debilis (A. Adams, 1861)
  * Melanella decagyra (Melvill & Standen, 1903)
  * Melanella decipiens (Hedley, 1899)
  * Melanella densicostata Bouchet & Warén, 1986
  * Melanella distorta (Defrance, 1823) †
  * Melanella doederleini (Brusina, 1886)
  * Melanella draconis Bartsch, 1917
  * Melanella dubusi (Cossmann & Pissarro, 1902) †
  * Melanella dufresnii Bowdich, 1822
  * Melanella eburnea (Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1824)
  * Melanella elenensis (Bartsch, 1924)
  * Melanella elsa Thiele, 1930
  * Melanella eulimoides (C. B. Adams, 1850)
  * Melanella exasperata (Preston, 1905)
  * Melanella exilis (Pease, 1863)
  * Melanella exulata (E. A. Smith, 1915)
  * Melanella falcata (Carpenter, 1865)
  * Melanella fasciata (R. B. Watson, 1883)
  * Melanella flexuosa (A. Adams, 1854)
  * Melanella frielei (H. K. Jordan, 1895)
  * Melanella gagei Bouchet & Warén, 1986
  * Melanella geoffreyi (Laws, 1936) †
  * Melanella glypta Bouchet & Warén, 1986
  * Melanella gracilis (C. B. Adams, 1850)
  * Melanella gradata (Cotton & Godfrey, 1932)
  * Melanella grandis (A. Adams, 1853)
  * Melanella gratiosa (Thiele, 1925)
  * Melanella grippi (Bartsch, 1917)
  * Melanella guenteri Engl, 2004
  * Melanella hadalis Knudsen, 1964
  * Melanella halia Bartsch, 1917
  * Melanella halorhaphe (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896)
  * Melanella hastata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)
  * Melanella hebes (R. B. Watson, 1883)
  * Melanella hemphilli Bartsch, 1917
  * Melanella hians (R. B. Watson, 1883)
  * Melanella hypsela (Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1900)
  * Melanella ima Pilsbry, 1918
  * Melanella indica (Preston, 1905)
  * Melanella insculpta Bouchet & Warén, 1986
  * Melanella iotoides Bartsch, 1916
  * Melanella ira Dall, 1927
  * Melanella jeffreysii (Tryon, 1886)
  * Melanella jucunda (Thiele, 1925)
  * Melanella junieri Espinosa, Ortea & Magaña, 2006
  * Melanella kaiparaensis (Laws, 1939) †
  * Melanella kanaka Pilsbry, 1917
  * Melanella karolinae Engl, 2006
  * Melanella kermadecensis W. R. B. Oliver, 1915
  * Melanella kuronamako (Habe, 1952)
  * Melanella lactea (A. Adams, 1854)
  * Melanella lastra Bartsch, 1917
  * Melanella laurae (Friele, 1886)
  * Melanella lautoides Finlay & Marwick, 1937 †
  * Melanella letsonae Pilsbry, 1917
  * Melanella levantina (Oliverio, Buzzurro & R. Villa, 1994)
  * Melanella lubrica (Monterosato, 1890)
  * Melanella luchuana (Pilsbry, 1901)
  * Melanella lucida (A. E. Verrill, 1884)
  * Melanella luminosa B. A. Marshall, 1997
  * Melanella lunata Pilsbry, 1918
  * Melanella magnifica (Bartsch, 1915)
  * Melanella major (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)
  * Melanella mamilla (May, 1915)
  * Melanella maoria (Powell, 1940)
  * Melanella martinii (A. Adams, 1854)
  * Melanella martynjordani (H. K. Jordan, 1895)
  * Melanella marviva Espinosa, Ortea & Magaña, 2006
  * Melanella maui (Dell, 1952)
  * Melanella micans (P. P. Carpenter, 1865)
  * Melanella microsculpta Bouchet & Warén, 1986
  * Melanella mimus Pilsbry, 1918
  * Melanella minor (Pallary, 1904)
  * Melanella modesta (Thiele, 1925)
  * Melanella modesta Thiele, 1930
  * Melanella montereyensis Bartsch, 1917
  * Melanella monterosatoi (Monterosato, 1890)
  * Melanella muelleriae (Sturany, 1903)
  * Melanella mundula (A. Adams, 1861)
  * Melanella myriotrochi Bouchet & Warén, 1986
  * Melanella nilae Engl, 2006
  * Melanella nisonida (Melvill, 1906)
  * Melanella obtusa (Laseron, 1955)
  * Melanella obtusoapicata Bouchet & Warén, 1986
  * Melanella ochsneri Bartsch, 1917
  * Melanella odontoidea (A. Adams, 1861)
  * Melanella ogasawarana (Pilsbry, 1905)
  * Melanella oldroydae Bartsch, 1917
  * Melanella oleacea (Kurtz & W. Stimpson, 1851)
  * Melanella olssoni (Bartsch, 1924)
  * Melanella opaca (G. B. Sowerby II, 1865)
  * Melanella opalina (J. T. Marshall, 1901)
  * Melanella ophiodon Dall, 1927
  * Melanella orientalis Agamennone, Micali & Siragusa, 2020
  * Melanella orphanensis A. H. Clarke, 1974
  * Melanella orthophyes (Sturany, 1903)
  * Melanella otagoensis (Powell, 1927)
  * Melanella oxyacme (Suter, 1908)
  * Melanella oxytata (R. B. Watson, 1883)
  * Melanella pandata (A. Adams, 1861)
  * Melanella paraabida Souza, Pimenta & J. Barros, 2021
  * Melanella parallela Dall, 1927
  * Melanella parviapertura Landau, La Perna & Marquet, 2006 †
  * Melanella patutahiensis Marwick, 1931 †
  * Melanella paxillus (Hedley, 1904)
  * Melanella peninsularis Bartsch, 1917
  * Melanella penna Dall, 1927
  * Melanella pepediazi Landau, La Perna & Marquet, 2006 †
  * Melanella perplexa W. R. B. Oliver, 1915
  * Melanella persimilis (Kuroda & Habe, 1971)
  * Melanella petitiana (Brusina, 1869)
  * Melanella pisinna Rehder, 1980
  * Melanella planisutis Bouchet & Warén, 1986
  * Melanella plioiberica Landau, La Perna & Marquet, 2006 †
  * Melanella polita (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Melanella polygyra (Charlesworth, 1851) †
  * Melanella pontilis P. A. Maxwell, 1992 †
  * Melanella praecurta (Pallary, 1904)
  * Melanella producta (P. P. Carpenter, 1863)
  * Melanella pseudoglabra (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1912)
  * Melanella puhana (Dell, 1956)
  * Melanella reticulata Bouchet & Warén, 1986
  * Melanella retrorsa (G. B. Sowerby II, 1865)
  * Melanella retusa (Pezant, 1911) †
  * Melanella richardi (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896)
  * Melanella robusta (A. Adams, 1861)
  * Melanella roegerae (Cotton & Godfrey, 1932)
  * Melanella salvadori Castellanos, Rolán & Bartolotta, 1987
  * Melanella sankurieae Engl, 2004
  * Melanella sansibarica (Thiele, 1925)
  * Melanella sarissa (R. B. Watson, 1883)
  * Melanella scarifata Gofas & Rueda, 2014
  * Melanella seguenzai Di Geronimo & La Perna, 1999 †
  * Melanella shibana (Yokoyama, 1927)
  * Melanella siberutensis (Thiele, 1925)
  * Melanella similior Bouchet & Warén, 1986
  * Melanella similis (d'Orbigny, 1852) †
  * Melanella solida (G. B. Sowerby II, 1865)
  * Melanella solidula (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
  * Melanella soliduloides (Habe, 1951)
  * Melanella solitaria (E. A. Smith, 1915)
  * Melanella sororcula (Wrigley, 1945) †
  * Melanella sowerbyi (Newton, 1891) †
  * Melanella spina (O. Boettger, 1893)
  * Melanella spinosa W. R. B. Oliver, 1915
  * Melanella spiridioni (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896)
  * Melanella stalioi (Brusina, 1869)
  * Melanella stamina Dall, 1927
  * Melanella subantarctica (Strebel, 1908)
  * Melanella subemarginata (Deshayes, 1862) †
  * Melanella subula (A. Adams, 1861)
  * Melanella sulculata (Wrigley, 1945) †
  * Melanella tanabensis Takano, Tanaka & Kano, 2019
  * Melanella teinostoma (A. Adams, 1854)
  * Melanella teramachii (Habe, 1952)
  * Melanella thalia Bartsch, 1915
  * Melanella thersites (P. P. Carpenter, 1864)
  * Melanella tia (Bartsch, 1926)
  * Melanella tortuosa (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
  * Melanella townsendi Bartsch, 1917
  * Melanella translucens (Monterosato, 1890)
  * Melanella trunca (R. B. Watson, 1897)
  * Melanella truncata (Suter, 1908)
  * Melanella turbonilloides Bouchet & Warén, 1986
  * Melanella turrita Bouchet & Warén, 1986
  * Melanella tutamoensis Marwick, 1931 †
  * Melanella variabilis (Schepman, 1913)
  * Melanella vegrandis (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
  * Melanella versa Dall, 1927
  * Melanella waiaotea (Laws, 1941) †
  * Melanella waikomitica (Laws, 1939) †
  * Melanella wareni Landau, La Perna & Marquet, 2006 †
  * Melanella yamazii (Habe, 1952)
  * Melanella zugnigae Espinosa, Ortea & Magaña, 2001
  
  The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database also includes the following species with names in current use
  
  * Melanella australiensis (Thiele, 1930)
  * Melanella campyla (Watson, 1883)
  * Melanella carneola (Gould, 1861 in 1859–61)
  * Melanella curvata (A. Adams, 1861-b)
  * Melanella dentaliopsis (A. Adams, 1861-b)
  * Melanella flexa (A. Adams, 1861-b)
  * Melanella labiosa (Sowerby II, 1834-b)
  * Melanella musta (Yokoyama, 1928)
  * Melanella nivea (A. Adams, 1861): species inquirenda
  * Melanella oblonga (Boettger)
  * Melanella pinguicula (A. Adams, 1861)
  * Melanella reclinata (A. Adams, 1861)
  * Melanella scitula (A. Adams, 1861-b)
  * Melanella semitorta (A. Adams, 1861-b)
  * Melanella stenostoma (A. Adams, 1861-b)
  * Melanella stylata (A. Adams, 1861-b)
  * Melanella valida (A. Adams, 1861-b)
  * Melanella venusta (Pease, 1868-b)
  