MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Melampus Montfort, 1810

ERMS taxon details

Melampus Montfort, 1810

AphiaID

160366 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:160366)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Melampodinae W. Stimpson, 1851 (1850)

Original name

Melampus Montfort, 1810

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Species Melampus aequalis R. T. Lowe, 1832 accepted as Ovatella aequalis (R. T. Lowe, 1832) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Melampus biscayensis H. Fischer, 1900 accepted as Pseudomelampus exiguus (R. T. Lowe, 1832) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Melampus canariensis F. Nordsieck & García-Talavera, 1979 accepted as Pseudomelampus exiguus (R. T. Lowe, 1832) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Melampus exiguus R. T. Lowe, 1832 accepted as Pseudomelampus exiguus (R. T. Lowe, 1832) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Melampus gracilis R. T. Lowe, 1832 accepted as Myosotella myosotis (Draparnaud, 1801) (synonym)

Environment

marine, brackish, ~~fresh~~, terrestrial

Grammatical gender

masculine

Original description

Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. Paris: Schoell. Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16 [1810 (before 28 May)]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10571
page(s): 2: 318 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Melampus Montfort, 1810. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org//www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160366 on 2026-04-10

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Melampus Montfort, 1810. Accessed at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160366 on 2026-04-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-31 09:09:36Z

created

Claus, Simon

2006-03-15 08:30:14Z

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Vanden Berghe, Edward

2011-07-03 10:07:38Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2013-08-23 17:11:24Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2020-01-27 18:41:41Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

2020-02-11 09:33:38Z

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Köhler, Frank

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original description Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. Paris: Schoell. Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16 [1810 (before 28 May)]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10571
page(s): 2: 318 [details]

basis of record Frias Martins A.M. de. (1996). Anatomy and systematics of the Western Atlantic Ellobiidae (Gastropoda: Pulmonata). Malacologia. 37: 163-332., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13113594 [details]

additional source Brandt, R. A. M. (1974). The non-marine aquatic Mollusca of Thailand. Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 105: i-iv, 1-423., available online at https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Archiv-fuer-Molluskenkunde_105_0001-0423.pdf
page(s): 223 [details] Available for editors

additional source Cowie, R. H., Evenhuis, N. L. & Christensen, C. C. (1995). Catalog of the native land and freshwater molluscs of the Hawaiian Islands. vi + 248 pp. Leiden: Backhuys Publishers.
page(s): 28 [details] Available for editors