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Merelina Iredale, 1915
413958 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:413958)
accepted
Genus
Rissoa cheilostoma Tenison Woods, 1877 accepted as Merelina cheilostoma (Tenison Woods, 1877) (type by original designation)
Merelina (Mereliniopsis) Ponder, 1967 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Merelina (Promerelina) A. W. B. Powell, 1926 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Mereliniopsis Ponder, 1967 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Promerelina A. W. B. Powell, 1926 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Merelina aureocincta Amati & Renda, 2025
- Species Merelina avita Marwick, 1928 †
- Species Merelina cancellata Criscione & Ponder, 2011
- Species Merelina cheilostoma (Tenison Woods, 1877)
- Species Merelina cochleata A. W. B. Powell, 1937
- Species Merelina compacta A. W. B. Powell, 1927
- Species Merelina consobrina Amati & Renda, 2025
- Species Merelina coronata (A. W. B. Powell, 1926)
- Species Merelina crassissima A. W. B. Powell, 1937
- Species Merelina crispulata A. W. B. Powell, 1937
- Species Merelina crosseaformis (A. W. B. Powell, 1926)
- Species Merelina effodita Laws, 1950 †
- Species Merelina elegans (Angas, 1877)
- Species Merelina foliata (Suter, 1908)
- Species Merelina gracilis (Angas, 1877)
- Species Merelina harrisonae A. W. B. Powell, 1939
- Species Merelina hirta Criscione & Ponder, 2011
- Species Merelina iohannae Perugia, 2021
- Species Merelina kaawaensis Laws, 1936 †
- Species Merelina lacunosa (A. W. B. Powell, 1940)
- Species Merelina lordhowensis Criscione & Ponder, 2011
- Species Merelina lyalliana (Suter, 1898)
- Species Merelina manawatawhia A. W. B. Powell, 1937
- Species Merelina mandatotoensis Amati, 2024
- Species Merelina maoriana A. W. B. Powell, 1939
- Species Merelina norfolkensis Criscione & Ponder, 2011
- Species Merelina pagodiformis (G. B. Sowerby III, 1914)
- Species Merelina paupereques A. W. B. Powell, 1937
- Species Merelina petronella (Melvill & Standen, 1901)
- Species Merelina pisinna (Melvill & Standen, 1896)
- Species Merelina plaga H. J. Finlay, 1926
- Species Merelina queenslandica Laseron, 1956
- Species Merelina rubiginosa Ponder, 1967
- Species Merelina saginata Laws, 1939 †
- Species Merelina superba A. W. B. Powell, 1927
- Species Merelina taupoensis A. W. B. Powell, 1939
- Species Merelina telkibana Ladd, 1966 †
- Species Merelina tokyoensis (Pilsbry, 1904)
- Species Merelina tricarinata (A. W. B. Powell, 1937)
- Species Merelina waiotemarama Laws, 1948 †
- Species Merelina waitangiensis A. W. B. Powell, 1933
- Species Merelina wanawana Kay, 1979
- Subgenus Merelina (Linemera) H. J. Finlay, 1924 accepted as Linemera H. J. Finlay, 1924 accepted as Alvania Risso, 1826 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Merelina (Linemera) telkibana Ladd, 1966 † accepted as Merelina telkibana Ladd, 1966 †
- Species Merelina (Linemera) varisculpta Ludbrook, 1956 † accepted as Linemera varisculpta (Ludbrook, 1956) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Subgenus Merelina (Mereliniopsis) Ponder, 1967 accepted as Merelina Iredale, 1915 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subgenus Merelina (Promerelina) A. W. B. Powell, 1926 accepted as Merelina Iredale, 1915 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Merelina caribaea (d'Orbigny, 1842) sensu Nordsieck, 1972 accepted as Alvania guancha Moolenbeek & Hoenselaar, 1989 (unaccepted > misapplication)
- Species Merelina corruga Laseron, 1956 accepted as Simulamerelina corruga (Laseron, 1956) (superseded combination)
- Species Merelina crassula Rehder, 1980 accepted as Simulamerelina crassula (Rehder, 1980) (superseded combination)
- Species Merelina cyrta Cotton, 1944 accepted as Alvania hedleyi Thiele, 1930 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Merelina eminens Laseron, 1950 accepted as Alvania fasciata (Tenison Woods, 1876)
- Species Merelina gemmata A. W. B. Powell, 1927 accepted as Manzonia (Simulamerelina) gemmata (A. W. B. Powell, 1927) accepted as Simulamerelina gemmata (A. W. B. Powell, 1927) (superseded combination)
- Species Merelina goliath Laseron, 1956 accepted as Iravadia goliath (Laseron, 1956) (original combination)
- Species Merelina granulosa (Pease, 1862) accepted as Manzonia granulosa (Pease, 1862) accepted as Simulamerelina granulosa (Pease, 1862)
- Species Merelina hewa Kay, 1979 accepted as Simulamerelina hewa (Kay, 1979) (original combination)
- Species Merelina hians Laseron, 1956 accepted as Sansoniella minuta (Hornung & Mermod, 1927) (synonym)
- Species Merelina humera Laseron, 1956 accepted as Iravadia quadrina (Laseron, 1956)
- Species Merelina kenneyi (Ladd, 1966) † accepted as Alvania kenneyi Ladd, 1966 † accepted as Mareleptopoma kenneyi (Ladd, 1966)
- Species Merelina longinqua Rehder, 1980 accepted as Simulamerelina longinqua (Rehder, 1980) (original combination)
- Species Merelina reversa Laseron, 1956 accepted as Iravadia goliath (Laseron, 1956) (possible synonym)
- Species Merelina sculptilis May, 1920 accepted as Alvania sculptilis (May, 1920) (original combination)
- Species Merelina solida Laseron, 1956 accepted as Pseudomerelina mahimensis (Melvill, 1893)
- Species Merelina subreticulata Laseron, 1950 accepted as Alvania suprasculpta May, 1915
- Species Merelina sucina Laseron, 1956 accepted as Pseudomerelina mahimensis (Melvill, 1893)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Iredale, T. (1915). A commentary on Suter's Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 47: 417-497., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3343255
page(s): 449 [details]
page(s): 449 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Merelina Iredale, 1915. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=413958 on 2026-08-01
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original description
Iredale, T. (1915). A commentary on Suter's Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 47: 417-497., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3343255
page(s): 449 [details]
original description (of Promerelina A. W. B. Powell, 1926) Powell, A. W. B. (1926). Descriptions of six new species and a new genus of gasteropod Mollusca from northern New Zealand. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 56: 591–596., available online at https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/TPRSNZ1926-56.2.7.1.54
page(s): 593 [details]
original description (of Mereliniopsis Ponder, 1967) Ponder, W. F. (1967). The classification of the Rissoidae and Orbitestellidae with descriptions of some new taxa. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Zoology.</em> 9(17): 193-224, pls 1-13., available online at https://archive.org/details/transactions-royal-society-new-zealand-zoology-9-193-224
page(s): 214 [details]
original description (of Merelina (Mereliniopsis) Ponder, 1967) Ponder, W. F. (1967). The classification of the Rissoidae and Orbitestellidae with descriptions of some new taxa. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Zoology.</em> 9(17): 193-224, pls 1-13., available online at https://archive.org/details/transactions-royal-society-new-zealand-zoology-9-193-224
page(s): 214 [details]
basis of record Ponder, W. F. (1985). A review of the genera of the Rissoidae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda: Rissoacea). <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> Suppl. 4: 1-221. [12 February 1985]., available online at http://australianmuseum.net.au/journal/Ponder-1985-Rec-Aust-Mus-Suppl-4-1221/
page(s): 73-75 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source Criscione, F.; Ponder, W. F. (2011). A review of the Recent Australian species of Merelina Iredale, 1915 (Caenogastropoda: Rissoidae). <em>Molluscan Research.</em> 31(2): 65-84., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/mr.31.2.1 [details]
additional source Ponder, W. F. (1967). The classification of the Rissoidae and Orbitestellidae with descriptions of some new taxa. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Zoology.</em> 9(17): 193-224, pls 1-13., available online at https://archive.org/details/transactions-royal-society-new-zealand-zoology-9-193-224
page(s): 213 [details]
page(s): 449 [details]
original description (of Promerelina A. W. B. Powell, 1926) Powell, A. W. B. (1926). Descriptions of six new species and a new genus of gasteropod Mollusca from northern New Zealand. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 56: 591–596., available online at https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/TPRSNZ1926-56.2.7.1.54
page(s): 593 [details]
original description (of Mereliniopsis Ponder, 1967) Ponder, W. F. (1967). The classification of the Rissoidae and Orbitestellidae with descriptions of some new taxa. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Zoology.</em> 9(17): 193-224, pls 1-13., available online at https://archive.org/details/transactions-royal-society-new-zealand-zoology-9-193-224
page(s): 214 [details]
original description (of Merelina (Mereliniopsis) Ponder, 1967) Ponder, W. F. (1967). The classification of the Rissoidae and Orbitestellidae with descriptions of some new taxa. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Zoology.</em> 9(17): 193-224, pls 1-13., available online at https://archive.org/details/transactions-royal-society-new-zealand-zoology-9-193-224
page(s): 214 [details]
basis of record Ponder, W. F. (1985). A review of the genera of the Rissoidae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda: Rissoacea). <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> Suppl. 4: 1-221. [12 February 1985]., available online at http://australianmuseum.net.au/journal/Ponder-1985-Rec-Aust-Mus-Suppl-4-1221/
page(s): 73-75 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source Criscione, F.; Ponder, W. F. (2011). A review of the Recent Australian species of Merelina Iredale, 1915 (Caenogastropoda: Rissoidae). <em>Molluscan Research.</em> 31(2): 65-84., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/mr.31.2.1 [details]
additional source Ponder, W. F. (1967). The classification of the Rissoidae and Orbitestellidae with descriptions of some new taxa. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Zoology.</em> 9(17): 193-224, pls 1-13., available online at https://archive.org/details/transactions-royal-society-new-zealand-zoology-9-193-224
page(s): 213 [details]
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