Melampus is a genus of small air-breathing salt marsh snails, pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae.
Species
Species in the genus Melampus include:
Taxon inquirendum
Melampus avenaceus Mousson, 1870
Melampus brevis Gassies, 1863
Melampus bridgesii Carpenter, 1856
Melampus commodus H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
Melampus edentulus Martens, 1865
Melampus exesus Gassies, 1874
Melampus fuscus (Küster, 1843)
Melampus maurus (Küster, 1844)
Melampus mitralis H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
Melampus mucronatus Gould, 1852
Melampus nitidulus H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
Melampus obovatus H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
Melampus pallescens G. B. Sowerby I, 1839 (use in recent literature currently undocumented)
Melampus pusillus (Gmelin, 1791)
Melampus pyriformis (Petit de la Saussaye, 1843)
Melampus striatus Pease, 1861
Melampus strictus Gassies, 1874
Melampus sulculosus Martens, 1865
† Melampus tournoueri Locard, 1878
Melampus viola (Lesson, 1831) (synonym: Auricula viola Lesson, 1831 )
Melampus wilkei Dohrn, 1860
Melampus wolfii K. Miller, 1879 (status in recent literature not researched by editor)
Melampus zealandicus H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
Species brought into synonymy
Subgenus Melampus (Detracia) Gray, 1840 : synonym of Detracia Gray, 1840
Melampus acutispira Turton, 1932: synonym of Melampus parvulus Pfeiffer, 1856
Melampus aequalis Lowe, 1832: synonym of Ovatella aequalis (Lowe, 1832)
Melampus albus Gassies, 1865: synonym of Microtralia alba (Gassies, 1865)
Melampus biscayensis Fischer H., 1900: synonym of Pseudomelampus exiguus (Lowe, 1832)
Melampus caffer (Küster, 1843): synonym of Melampus lividus (Deshayes, 1830)
Melampus canariensis Nordsieck & Talavera, 1979: synonym of Pseudomelampus exiguus (Lowe, 1832)
Melampus ceylanicus [sic]: synonym of Melampus ceylonicus (Petit de la Saussaye, 1843)
Melampus coffeus (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of Melampus coffea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Melampus exiguus Lowe, 1832: synonym of Pseudomelampus exiguus (Lowe, 1832)
Melampus fortis Mousson, 1869: synonym of Melampus flavus (Gmelin, 1791)
Melampus gracilis Lowe, 1832: synonym of Myosotella myosotis (Draparnaud, 1801)
Melampus hemphillii (Dall, 1884): synonym of Sayella hemphillii (Dall, 1884)
Melampus kuesteri (Krauss in Küster, 1843): synonym of Melampus lividus (Deshayes, 1830)
Melampus microspira Pilsbry, 1891: synonym of Melampus coffea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Melampus monilis (Bruguière, 1789): synonym of Melampus monile (Bruguière, 1789)
Melampus ordinarius Melvill & Ponsonby, 1901: synonym of Melampus lividus (Deshayes, 1830)
Melampus patulus Lowe, 1832: synonym of Melampus luteus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
Melampus siamensis Martens, 1865: synonym of Melampus sincaporensis L. Pfeiffer, 1855
Melampus singaporensis [sic]: synonym of Melampus sincaporensis L. Pfeiffer, 1855
Melampus stutchburyi L. Pfeiffer, 185: synonym of Ophicardelus sulcatus H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
Melampus sulcatus Brazier, 1877: synonym of Ophicardelus sulcatus H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
Melampus tetricus Morelet, 1864: synonym of Pleuroloba quoyi (H. & A. Adams, 1854)
Melampus umlaasianus (Küster, 1843): synonym of Melampus lividus (Deshayes, 1830)




