Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Littorinimorpha > Superfamily Littorinoidea > Family Littorinidae > Subfamily Littorininae

Melarhaphe Menke, 1828

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Melaraphe Menke, 1828 orthographic variant

Children

Melarhaphe neritoides (Linnaeus, 1758)

Literature

original description

Menke, K. T. (1828). Synopsis methodica molluscorum generum omnium et specierum earum, quae in Museo Menkeano adservantur; cum synonymia critica et novarum specierum diagnosibus. XII + 91 pp. [late in 1828]. Pyrmonti.

basis of record

Reid, D. G. (1986). The littorinid molluscs of mangrove forests in the Indo-Pacific region. British Museum (Natural History. London.

additional source

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.

source of synonymy

Rosewater, J. (1966). Reinstatement of Melarhaphe Menke, 1828. The Nautilus. 80(2): 37-38.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Melarhaphe Menke, 1828. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:446368

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2019-12-23 by Philippe Bouchet

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