Melarhaphe is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.Bouchet, P.; Reid, David G. (2012). Melarhaphe Menke, 1828. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=446368 on 2012-08-23
Species Species within the genus Melarhaphe include: † Melarhaphe bernayi (Cossmann, 1888) † Melarhaphe deshayesi (Cossmann, 1888) † Melarhaphe ezanvillensis (Gougerot & Le Renard, 1978) † Melarhaphe gibbosa (Etheridge & Bell, 1893) † Melarhaphe levata (Deshayes, 1861) † Melarhaphe ligeriana (Kadolsky, 1973) † Melarhaphe mausseneti (Cossmann, 1907) Melarhaphe neritoides (Linnaeus, 1758) † Melarhaphe nodulifera (Kadolsky, 1973) † Melarhaphe obtusangula (F. Sandberger, 1859) † Melarhaphe perminima Pacaud, 2019 † Melarhaphe pomeroli (Gougerot & Braillon, 1968) † Melarhaphe sacyi (Cossmann & Peyrot, 1919) † Melarhaphe silvae Landau, Marquet & Grigis, 2004 † Melarhaphe suboperta (J. Sowerby, 1814) † Melarhaphe tumida (O. Boettger, 1869) † Melarhaphe vanhyftei Pacaud, 2019
Species brought into synonymy Melarhaphe blanfordi Dunker, 1871: synonym of Littoraria articulata (Philippi, 1846) Melarhaphe induta (Westerlund, 1898): synonym of Melarhaphe neritoides (Linnaeus, 1758) Melarhaphe oliveri Finlay, 1930: synonym of Austrolittorina antipodum (Philippi, 1847) Melarhaphe scabra (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of Littoraria scabra (Linnaeus, 1758) Melarhaphe subgranosa Dunker in Dunker & Zelebor, 1866: synonym of Echinolittorina leucosticta (Philippi, 1847) Melarhaphe undulata (Gray, 1839): synonym of Littoraria undulata (Gray, 1839) Melarhaphe zelandiae Finlay, 1927: synonym of Austrolittorina cincta (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
References
Reid, D.G. (1986). The littorinid molluscs of mangrove forests in the Indo-Pacific region. British Museum (Natural History), London Reid, D. G. 1989. The Comparative Morphology, Phylogeny and Evolution of the Gastropod Family, Littorinidae. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 324: 1-110.
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