Melampus bidentatus

Melampus bidentatus
Conservation status
	; Secure (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Ellobiida
Family:	Ellobiidae
Genus:	Melampus
Species:	M. bidentatus
Binomial name
	Melampus bidentatus; Say, 1822
Synonyms
	Auricula cornea Deshayes, 1830 ; Melampus (Melampus) bidentatus Say, 1822 ; Melampus bidentatus var. lineatus Say, 1822 ; Melampus coffeus var. alternatus Davis, 1904 ; Melampus coffeus var. bishopii Davis, 1904 ; Melampus coffeus var. gundlachi Pfeiffer, 1853 ; Melampus coffeus var. redfieldi Pfeiffer, 1854 ; Melampus coffeus var. verticalis Davis, 1904 ; Melampus gundlachi Pfeiffer, 1853 ; Melampus lineatus Say, 1822 ; Melampus obliquus Say, 1822 ; Melampus redfieldi Pfeiffer, 1854;

Melampus bidentatus common name the "common marsh snail", "eastern melampus", or "coffee bean snail"^[2] is a species of small, amphibious air-breathing snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Ellobiidae.

Habitat and distribution

Melampus bidentatus

Conservation status
Secure (NatureServe)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Ellobiida
Family:	Ellobiidae
Genus:	Melampus
Species:	M. bidentatus
Binomial name
*Melampus bidentatus* Say, 1822
Synonyms
Auricula cornea Deshayes, 1830 Melampus (Melampus) bidentatus Say, 1822 Melampus bidentatus var. lineatus Say, 1822 Melampus coffeus var. alternatus Davis, 1904 Melampus coffeus var. bishopii Davis, 1904 Melampus coffeus var. gundlachi Pfeiffer, 1853 Melampus coffeus var. redfieldi Pfeiffer, 1854 Melampus coffeus var. verticalis Davis, 1904 Melampus gundlachi Pfeiffer, 1853 Melampus lineatus Say, 1822 Melampus obliquus Say, 1822 Melampus redfieldi Pfeiffer, 1854