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Taxon: Genus Melanella Bowdich, 1822 (mollusc)
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Authorship

Original name Bowdich, 1822. Elem. of Conch., 1, 27.

Types

Type ofMelanellidae (Family) Iredale, 1915 Ref: P. Bouchet & J.-P. Rocroi, 2005: 106.
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]Melanella (Subgenus) Bowdich, 1822 Ref: F.J. Springsteen & F.M. Leobrera, 1986: 366. [inferred]

Variants

Different rankMelanella (Subgenus) Bowdich, 1822

Homonyms

Junior homonym (supposed)Melaniella (Genus) Pfeiffer, 1857 Ref: S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]: [19 Dec 2008].

Synonyms

Questionably IncludingEulima (Genus) Risso, 1826 Ref: P. Bouchet & J.-P. Rocroi, 2005: 106 ("perhaps") (Iredale, 1915).
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