# Melanella

Melanella is a genus of very small ectoparasitic sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Eulimidae.

## Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Melanella:
* Melanella abida Dall, 1927
* Melanella acanthyllis (R. B. Watson, 1883)
* Melanella acicula (A. Gould, 1849)
* Melanella aciculata (Pease, 1861)
* Melanella acuformis (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1875)
* Melanella adamantina (de Folin, 1867)
* Melanella adiastalta Souza, Pimenta & J. Barros, 2021
* Melanella aequatorialis (Thiele, 1925)
* Melanella aethiopica (Thiele, 1925)
* Melanella aethria (Melvill, 1918)
* Melanella agulhasensis (Thiele, 1925)
* Melanella alba (da Costa, 1778)
* Melanella alertae (Dell, 1956)
* Melanella alfredensis Bartsch, 1915
* Melanella algoensis (E. A. Smith)
* Melanella amabilis (Brazier, 1877)
* Melanella amblia (R. B. Watson, 1883)
* Melanella amblytera (Verrill & Bush, 1900)
* Melanella ameliae Engl, 2007
* Melanella anachorea Dall, 1927
* Melanella anapetes Souza, Pimenta & J. Barros, 2021
* Melanella antarctica (Strebel, 1908)
* Melanella archeyi (Finlay, 1928)
* †Melanella arenularia (Gougerot in Perreau, 1969)
* Melanella arleyi Espinosa, Ortea & Magaña, 2001
* Melanella atlantica (E. A. Smith, 1890)
* Melanella attenuata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1866)
* Melanella aucklandica (Suter, 1909)
* Melanella augur (Angas, 1865)
* †Melanella badenia (Laws, 1939)
* Melanella baldra Bartsch, 1917
* Melanella becki (Turton, 1932)
* Melanella bipartita (Mörch, 1859)
* Melanella borealis (Bartsch, 1917)
* Melanella boscheineni Engl, 2004
* Melanella boscii (Payraudeau, 1826)
* Melanella bovicornu (Pilsbry, 1905)
* Melanella breviuscula (Dunker, 1875)
* Melanella brunnimaculata (Kay, 1979)
* Melanella bryani Pilsbry, 1918
* Melanella callistemma Dall, 1927
* Melanella candida (Marrat, 1880)
* Melanella catalinensis Bartsch, 1917
* Melanella chariessa (Verrill, 1884)
* Melanella chydaea (Watson, 1883)
* Melanella cifara Bartsch, 1915
* Melanella clavula (A. Adams, 1861)
* †Melanella collator (Laws, 1944)
* Melanella compactilis (Locard, 1891)
* Melanella conoidalis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1865)
* Melanella conoidea (Kurtz & W. Stimpson, 1851)
* Melanella convexa (E. A. Smith, 1907)
* Melanella corintonis (Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1951)
* Melanella cosmia Bartsch, 1917
* Melanella costellata (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1897)
* Melanella cumingii (A. Adams, 1854)
* Melanella cunaeformis (May, 1915)
* Melanella cuspidata (A. Adams, 1854)
* Melanella cyclopia Scuderi, Tisselli & Micali, 2022
* Melanella cylindrica (Thiele, 1925)
* Melanella debilis (A. Adams, 1861)
* Melanella decagyra (Melvill & Standen, 1903)
* Melanella decipiens (Hedley, 1899)
* Melanella densicostata Bouchet & Warén, 1986
* †Melanella distorta (Defrance, 1823)
* Melanella doederleini (Brusina, 1886)
* Melanella draconis Bartsch, 1917
* †Melanella dubusi (Cossmann & Pissarro, 1902)
* Melanella dufresnii Bowdich, 1822
* Melanella eburnea (Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1824)
* Melanella elenensis (Bartsch, 1924)
* Melanella elsa Thiele, 1930
* Melanella eulimoides (C. B. Adams, 1850)
* Melanella exasperata (Preston, 1905)
* Melanella exilis (Pease, 1863)
* Melanella exulata (E. A. Smith, 1915)
* Melanella falcata (Carpenter, 1865)
* Melanella fasciata (R. B. Watson, 1883)
* Melanella flexuosa (A. Adams, 1854)
* Melanella frielei (H. K. Jordan, 1895)
* Melanella gagei Bouchet & Warén, 1986
* †Melanella geoffreyi (Laws, 1936)
* Melanella glypta Bouchet & Warén, 1986
* Melanella gracilis (C. B. Adams, 1850)
* Melanella gradata (Cotton & Godfrey, 1932)
* Melanella grandis (A. Adams, 1853)
* Melanella gratiosa (Thiele, 1925)
* Melanella grippi (Bartsch, 1917)
* Melanella guenteri Engl, 2004
* Melanella hadalis Knudsen, 1964
* Melanella halia Bartsch, 1917
* Melanella halorhaphe (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896)
* Melanella hastata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)
* Melanella hebes (R. B. Watson, 1883)
* Melanella hemphilli Bartsch, 1917
* Melanella hians (R. B. Watson, 1883)
* Melanella hypsela (Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1900)
* Melanella ima Pilsbry, 1918
* Melanella indica (Preston, 1905)
* Melanella insculpta Bouchet & Warén, 1986
* Melanella iotoides Bartsch, 1916
* Melanella ira Dall, 1927
* Melanella jeffreysii (Tryon, 1886)
* Melanella jucunda (Thiele, 1925)
* Melanella junieri Espinosa, Ortea & Magaña, 2006
* †Melanella kaiparaensis (Laws, 1939)
* Melanella kanaka Pilsbry, 1917
* Melanella karolinae Engl, 2006
* Melanella kermadecensis W. R. B. Oliver, 1915
* Melanella kuronamako (Habe, 1952)
* Melanella lactea (A. Adams, 1854)
* Melanella lastra Bartsch, 1917
* Melanella laurae (Friele, 1886)
* †Melanella lautoides Finlay & Marwick, 1937
* Melanella letsonae Pilsbry, 1917
* Melanella levantina (Oliverio, Buzzurro & R. Villa, 1994)
* Melanella lubrica (Monterosato, 1890)
* Melanella luchuana (Pilsbry, 1901)
* Melanella lucida (A. E. Verrill, 1884)
* Melanella luminosa B. A. Marshall, 1997
* Melanella lunata Pilsbry, 1918
* Melanella magnifica (Bartsch, 1915)
* Melanella major (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)
* Melanella mamilla (May, 1915)
* Melanella maoria (Powell, 1940)
* Melanella martarum Souza, Asorey & Sellanes, 2024
* Melanella martinii (A. Adams, 1854)
* Melanella martynjordani (H. K. Jordan, 1895)
* Melanella marviva Espinosa, Ortea & Magaña, 2006
* Melanella maui (Dell, 1952)
* Melanella micans (P. P. Carpenter, 1865)
* Melanella microsculpta Bouchet & Warén, 1986
* Melanella mimus Pilsbry, 1918
* Melanella minor (Pallary, 1904)
* Melanella modesta (Thiele, 1925)
* Melanella modesta Thiele, 1930
* Melanella montereyensis Bartsch, 1917
* Melanella monterosatoi (Monterosato, 1890)
* Melanella muelleriae (Sturany, 1903)
* Melanella mundula (A. Adams, 1861)
* Melanella myriotrochi Bouchet & Warén, 1986
* Melanella nilae Engl, 2006
* Melanella nisonida (Melvill, 1906)
* Melanella obtusa (Laseron, 1955)
* Melanella obtusoapicata Bouchet & Warén, 1986
* Melanella ochsneri Bartsch, 1917
* Melanella odontoidea (A. Adams, 1861)
* Melanella ogasawarana (Pilsbry, 1905)
* Melanella oldroydae Bartsch, 1917
* Melanella oleacea (Kurtz & W. Stimpson, 1851)
* Melanella olssoni (Bartsch, 1924)
* Melanella opaca (G. B. Sowerby II, 1865)
* Melanella opalina (J. T. Marshall, 1901)
* Melanella ophiodon Dall, 1927
* Melanella orientalis Agamennone, Micali & Siragusa, 2020
* Melanella orphanensis A. H. Clarke, 1974
* Melanella orthophyes (Sturany, 1903)
* Melanella otagoensis (Powell, 1927)
* Melanella oxyacme (Suter, 1908)
* Melanella oxytata (R. B. Watson, 1883)
* Melanella pandata (A. Adams, 1861)
* Melanella paraabida Souza, Pimenta & J. Barros, 2021
* Melanella parallela Dall, 1927
* †Melanella parviapertura Landau, La Perna & Marquet, 2006
* †Melanella patutahiensis Marwick, 1931
* Melanella paxillus (Hedley, 1904)
* Melanella peninsularis Bartsch, 1917
* Melanella penna Dall, 1927
* †Melanella pepediazi Landau, La Perna & Marquet, 2006
* Melanella perplexa W. R. B. Oliver, 1915
* Melanella persimilis (Kuroda & Habe, 1971)
* Melanella petitiana (Brusina, 1869)
* Melanella pisinna Rehder, 1980
* Melanella planisutis Bouchet & Warén, 1986
* †Melanella plioiberica Landau, La Perna & Marquet, 2006
* Melanella polita (Linnaeus, 1758)
* †Melanella polygyra (Charlesworth, 1851)
* †Melanella pontilis P. A. Maxwell, 1992
* Melanella praecurta (Pallary, 1904)
* Melanella producta (P. P. Carpenter, 1863)
* Melanella pseudoglabra (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1912)
* Melanella puhana (Dell, 1956)
* Melanella reticulata Bouchet & Warén, 1986
* Melanella retrorsa (G. B. Sowerby II, 1865)
* †Melanella retusa (Pezant, 1911)
* Melanella richardi (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896)
* Melanella robusta (A. Adams, 1861)
* Melanella roegerae (Cotton & Godfrey, 1932)
* Melanella salvadori Castellanos, Rolán & Bartolotta, 1987
* Melanella sankurieae Engl, 2004
* Melanella sansibarica (Thiele, 1925)
* Melanella sarissa (R. B. Watson, 1883)
* Melanella scarifata Gofas & Rueda, 2014
* †Melanella seguenzai Di Geronimo & La Perna, 1999
* Melanella shibana (Yokoyama, 1927)
* Melanella siberutensis (Thiele, 1925)
* Melanella similior Bouchet & Warén, 1986
* †Melanella similis (d'Orbigny, 1852)
* Melanella solida (G. B. Sowerby II, 1865)
* Melanella solidula (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
* Melanella soliduloides (Habe, 1951)
* Melanella solitaria (E. A. Smith, 1915)
* †Melanella sororcula (Wrigley, 1945)
* †Melanella sowerbyi (Newton, 1891)
* Melanella spina (O. Boettger, 1893)
* Melanella spinosa W. R. B. Oliver, 1915
* Melanella spiridioni (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896)
* Melanella stalioi (Brusina, 1869)
* Melanella stamina Dall, 1927
* Melanella subantarctica (Strebel, 1908)
* †Melanella subemarginata (Deshayes, 1862)
* Melanella subula (A. Adams, 1861)
* †Melanella sulculata (Wrigley, 1945)
* Melanella tanabensis Takano, Tanaka & Kano, 2019
* Melanella teinostoma (A. Adams, 1854)
* Melanella teramachii (Habe, 1952)
* Melanella thalia Bartsch, 1915
* Melanella thersites (P. P. Carpenter, 1864)
* Melanella tia (Bartsch, 1926)
* Melanella tortuosa (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
* Melanella townsendi Bartsch, 1917
* Melanella translucens (Monterosato, 1890)
* Melanella trunca (R. B. Watson, 1897)
* Melanella truncata (Suter, 1908)
* Melanella turbonilloides Bouchet & Warén, 1986
* Melanella turrita Bouchet & Warén, 1986
* †Melanella tutamoensis Marwick, 1931
* Melanella variabilis (Schepman, 1913)
* Melanella vegrandis (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
* Melanella versa Dall, 1927
* †Melanella waiaotea (Laws, 1941)
* †Melanella waikomitica (Laws, 1939)
* †Melanella wareni Landau, La Perna & Marquet, 2006
* Melanella yamazii (Habe, 1952)
* Melanella zugnigae Espinosa, Ortea & Magaña, 2001
The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database also includes the following species with names in current use
* Melanella australiensis (Thiele, 1930)
* Melanella campyla (Watson, 1883)
* Melanella carneola (Gould, 1861 in 1859–61)
* Melanella curvata (A. Adams, 1861-b)
* Melanella dentaliopsis (A. Adams, 1861-b)
* Melanella flexa (A. Adams, 1861-b)
* Melanella labiosa (Sowerby II, 1834-b)
* Melanella musta (Yokoyama, 1928)
* Melanella nivea (A. Adams, 1861): species inquirenda
* Melanella oblonga (Boettger)
* Melanella pinguicula (A. Adams, 1861)
* Melanella reclinata (A. Adams, 1861)
* Melanella scitula (A. Adams, 1861-b)
* Melanella semitorta (A. Adams, 1861-b)
* Melanella stenostoma (A. Adams, 1861-b)
* Melanella stylata (A. Adams, 1861-b)
* Melanella valida (A. Adams, 1861-b)
* Melanella venusta (Pease, 1868-b)