Melampus (gastropod)

Melampus
	A live Melampus sincaporensis on a human hand
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Ellobiida
Superfamily:	Ellobioidea
Family:	Ellobiidae
Subfamily:	Melampodinae
Genus:	Melampus; Montfort, 1810
Synonyms
	Auricula (Conovulus) Lamarck, 1816; Conovulus Lamarck, 1816; Melampus (Melampus) Montfort, 1810 · accepted, alternate representation; Melampus (Micromelampus) Möllendorff, 1898 · accepted, alternate representation; Melampus (Persa) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855· accepted, alternate representation; Melampus (Pira) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855· accepted, alternate representation; Melampus (Signia) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855 · accepted, alternate representation; Pira H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855; Tifata H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855; Tralia (Signia) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855 (basionym);

Melampus is a genus of small air-breathing salt marsh snails, pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae.^[2]

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Melampus

A live Melampus sincaporensis on a human hand
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Ellobiida
Superfamily:	Ellobioidea
Family:	Ellobiidae
Subfamily:	Melampodinae
Genus:	Melampus Montfort, 1810^[1]
Synonyms
Auricula (Conovulus) Lamarck, 1816 Conovulus Lamarck, 1816 Melampus (Melampus) Montfort, 1810 · accepted, alternate representation Melampus (Micromelampus) Möllendorff, 1898 · accepted, alternate representation Melampus (Persa) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855· accepted, alternate representation Melampus (Pira) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855· accepted, alternate representation Melampus (Signia) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855 · accepted, alternate representation Pira H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855 Tifata H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855 Tralia (Signia) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855 (basionym)