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Melatoma Swainson, 1840
435321 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:435321)
unaccepted
Genus
Melanopsis (Melatoma) costata Swainson, 1840 accepted as Clionella costata (Swainson, 1840) (type by monotypy)
Melanopsis (Melatoma) Swainson, 1840 · unaccepted (original rank)
- Subgenus Melatoma (Splendrillia) Hedley, 1922 accepted as Splendrillia Hedley, 1922 (superseded combination)
- Species Melatoma alabamense (I. Lea, 1860) accepted as Gyrotoma excisa (I. Lea, 1843)
- Species Melatoma anthonyi Reeve, 1861 accepted as Gyrotoma pagoda (I. Lea, 1845) (junior synonym)
- Species Melatoma babylonicum Reeve, 1860 accepted as Elimia alabamensis (I. Lea, 1861) (junior synonym)
- Species Melatoma dampieria Hedley, 1922 accepted as Inquisitor dampieria (Hedley, 1922) (original combination)
- Species Melatoma duplaris Hedley, 1922 accepted as Wairarapa duplaris (Hedley, 1922) (original combination)
- Species Melatoma eburnea Hedley, 1922 accepted as Splendrillia eburnea (Hedley, 1922) (original combination)
- Species Melatoma ellipticum Reeve, 1861 accepted as Gyrotoma excisum (I. Lea, 1843) accepted as Gyrotoma excisa (I. Lea, 1843)
- Species Melatoma funiculatum Reeve, 1860 accepted as Gyrotoma pagoda (I. Lea, 1845) (junior synonym)
- Species Melatoma hadromeres Melvill, 1927 accepted as Buchema hadromeres (Melvill, 1927) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Melatoma lygdina Hedley, 1922 accepted as Splendrillia lygdina (Hedley, 1922) (original combination)
- Species Melatoma nucula Reeve, 1861 accepted as Gyrotoma excisa (I. Lea, 1843) (junior synonym)
- Species Melatoma ornatum Reeve, 1861 accepted as Gyrotoma pagoda (I. Lea, 1845) (junior synonym)
- Species Melatoma pagoda Reeve, 1860 accepted as Gyrotoma pagoda (I. Lea, 1845) (original combination)
- Species Melatoma quadratum Reeve, 1860 accepted as Gyrotoma excisa (I. Lea, 1843)
- Species Melatoma rectum Reeve, 1860 accepted as Gyrotoma excisa (I. Lea, 1843) (junior synonym)
- Species Melatoma showalterii Reeve, 1861 accepted as Elimia pilsbryi (Goodrich, 1927) (junior synonym)
- Species Melatoma spadicina Hedley, 1922 accepted as Splendrillia spadicina (Hedley, 1922) (original combination)
- Species Melatoma sphaericum Reeve, 1861 accepted as Gyrotoma excisum (I. Lea, 1843) accepted as Gyrotoma excisa (I. Lea, 1843)
- Species Melatoma teschi Finlay, 1927 † accepted as Clionella teschi (H. J. Finlay, 1927) †
- Species Melatoma wetumpkaensis I. Lea, 1860 accepted as Gyrotoma pagoda (I. Lea, 1845)
- Species Melatoma buddii Reeve, 1860 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
(of Melanopsis (Melatoma) Swainson, 1840) Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 202, 342 [details]
page(s): 202, 342 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Melatoma Swainson, 1840. Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=435321 on 2025-09-11
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(of Melanopsis (Melatoma) Swainson, 1840) Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 202, 342 [details]
status source Dall, W. H. (1918). Notes on the nomenclature of the mollusks of the family Turritidae. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 54: 313-333., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15724094
page(s): 317 [details]
page(s): 202, 342 [details]
status source Dall, W. H. (1918). Notes on the nomenclature of the mollusks of the family Turritidae. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 54: 313-333., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15724094
page(s): 317 [details]
