Melanochlamys
Genus of gastropods
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Melanochlamys is a genus of headshield slugs in the family Aglajidae. Despite the appearance of its species, this genus must not be confused with nudibranchs.[2]
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| Holotype of Melanochlamys miqueli at MNHN, Paris | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subterclass: | Tectipleura |
| Order: | Cephalaspidea |
| Family: | Aglajidae |
| Genus: | Melanochlamys Cheeseman, 1881[1] |
| Type species | |
| Melanochlamys cylindrica Cheeseman, 1881 | |
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This genus was first described by Cheeseman in 1881 but later malacologists considered it a junior synonym of Aglaja Renier, 1807, until the genus was reinstated by Rudman in 1972.[3]
It differs from the other genera in Aglajidae by its external cylindrical body form with small parapodia, the shape of its small, curved and strongly calcified shell, its alimentary canal with a rigid, non-eversible buccal bulb, and the reproductive system with a short duct to the exogenous ( = originating from the outside) sperm sac and a characteristic penis.[3]
Species
According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), this genus contains the following accepted names:[2]
- Melanochlamys algirae (Adams A. in Sowerby G.B. II, 1850)
- Melanochlamys aquilina S.-Q. Zhang, M.-J. Liao, Y.-G. Wang, M. Kong & B. Li, 2020
- Melanochlamys barryi Gosliner, 1990
- Melanochlamys chabanae Breslau, Valdés & Chichvarkhin, 2016
- Melanochlamys cylindrica Cheeseman, 1881
- Melanochlamys diomedea (Bergh, 1893)
- Melanochlamys droupadi (Tudu & Sajan, 2024)[4][5][6]
- Melanochlamys ezoensis (Baba, 1957)
- Melanochlamys fukudai Cooke, Hanson, Hirano, Ornelas-Gatdula, Gosliner, Chernyshev & Valdés, 2014
- Melanochlamys handrecki Burn, 2010
- Melanochlamys kohi Cooke, Hanson, Hirano, Ornelas-Gatdula, Gosliner, Chernyshev & Valdés, 2014
- Melanochlamys lorrainae (Rudman, 1968)
- Melanochlamys maderensis (Watson, 1897)
- Melanochlamys miqueli (Pelorce, Horst & Hoarau, 2013)
- Melanochlamys papillata Gosliner, 1990
- Melanochlamys queritor (Burn, 1957)
- Melanochlamys wildpretii Ortea, Bacallado & Moro, 2003
- Species brought into synonymy
- Melanochlamys depicta (Renier, 1807): synonym of Philinopsis depicta (Renier, 1807)
- Melanochlamys dubia (O'Donoghue, 1929): synonym of Philinopsis dubia (O'Donoghue, 1929)
- Melanochlamys nana (Steinberg & Jones, 1960): synonym of Melanochlamys diomedea (Bergh, 1894)
- Melanochlamys seurati (Vayssière, 1926): synonym of Melanochlamys algirae (Adams A. in Sowerby G.B. II, 1850)
- Melanochlamys virgo (Rudman, 1968): synonym of Philinopsis virgo (Rudman, 1968)
