# Melampus (gastropod)

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

## Species

Species in the genus Melampus include:
* Melampus acinoides Morelet, 1889
* Melampus adamsianus L. Pfeiffer, 1855
* † Melampus antiquus Meek, 1873
* Melampus bidentatus Say, 1822
* Melampus boholensis Pfeiffer, 1856
* Melampus bullaoides (Montagu, 1808)
* Melampus carolianus (Lesson, 1842)
* Melampus castaneus Mühlfeld, 1818
* Melampus ceylonicus (Petit de la Saussaye, 1843)
* Melampus coffea (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Melampus concretus Morelet, 1882
* Melampus cristatus Pfeiffer, 1854
* Melampus crossei de Morgan, 1885
* Melampus cumingianus (Récluz, 1846)
* Melampus exaratus H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
* Melampus fasciatus (Deshayes, 1830)
* † Melampus feurtillensis Maillard, 1884
* Melampus flavus (Gmelin, 1791)
* Melampus flexuosus Crosse, 1867
* Melampus floridanus Pfeiffer, 1856
* Melampus granifer (Mousson, 1849)
* Melampus granum Gassies, 1869
* Melampus hypoleucus E. von Martens, 1897
* Melampus liberianus H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
* Melampus lividus (Deshayes, 1830)
* Melampus luteus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
* Melampus massauensis L. Pfeiffer, 1858
* Melampus monile (Bruguiére, 1789)
* Melampus morrisoni Martins, 1996
* Melampus mousleyi Berry, 1964
* Melampus nucleolus Martens, 1856
* Melampus nuxeastaneus Kuroda, 1949
* Melampus olivaceus Carpenter, 1857
* Melampus ovuloides Baird, 1873
* Melampus paranus (Morrison, 1951)
* Melampus parvulus Pfeiffer, 1856
* Melampus pascus Odhner, 1922
* Melampus pfeifferianus Morelet, 1860
* Melampus phaeostylus Kobelt, 1869
* Melampus philippii (Küster, 1844)
* † Melampus pilula Tournouër, 1872
* Melampus pulchellus (Petit de la Saussaye, 1843)
* Melampus quadrasi Möllendorff, 1894
* Melampus sculptus Pfeiffer, 1859
* Melampus semiaratus Connolly, 1912
* Melampus semiplicatus Pease, 1860
* Melampus semisulcatus Mousson, 1869
* Melampus sincaporensis Pfeiffer, 1855
* † Melampus sinuosus (Cossmann, 1895)
* Melampus tabogensis (C.B. Adams, 1852)
* Melampus taeniolatus
* † Melampus tenuistriatus de Morgan, 1917
* † Melampus tridentatus F. E. Edwards, 1852
* Melampus trilineatus C.B. Adams, 1852
* Melampus triticeus (Philippi, 1845)
* † Melampus turonensis (Deshayes, 1830)
* Melampus variabilis Gassies, 1863

### Taxon inquirendum

* Melampus avenaceus Mousson, 1870
* Melampus brevis Gassies, 1863
* Melampus bridgesii Carpenter, 1856
* Melampus commodus H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
* Melampus edentulus Martens, 1865
* Melampus exesus Gassies, 1874
* Melampus fuscus (Küster, 1843)
* Melampus maurus (Küster, 1844)
* Melampus mitralis H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
* Melampus mucronatus Gould, 1852
* Melampus nitidulus H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
* Melampus obovatus H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
* Melampus pallescens G. B. Sowerby I, 1839 (use in recent literature currently undocumented)
* Melampus pusillus (Gmelin, 1791)
* Melampus pyriformis (Petit de la Saussaye, 1843)
* Melampus striatus Pease, 1861
* Melampus strictus Gassies, 1874
* Melampus sulculosus Martens, 1865
* † Melampus tournoueri Locard, 1878
* Melampus viola (Lesson, 1831) (synonym: Auricula viola Lesson, 1831 )
* Melampus wilkei Dohrn, 1860
* Melampus wolfii K. Miller, 1879 (status in recent literature not researched by editor)
* Melampus zealandicus H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854

### Species brought into synonymy

* Subgenus Melampus (Detracia) Gray, 1840 : synonym of Detracia Gray, 1840
* Melampus acutispira Turton, 1932: synonym of Melampus parvulus Pfeiffer, 1856
* Melampus aequalis Lowe, 1832: synonym of Ovatella aequalis (Lowe, 1832)
* Melampus albus Gassies, 1865: synonym of Microtralia alba (Gassies, 1865)
* Melampus biscayensis Fischer H., 1900: synonym of Pseudomelampus exiguus (Lowe, 1832)
* Melampus caffer (Küster, 1843): synonym of Melampus lividus (Deshayes, 1830)
* Melampus canariensis Nordsieck & Talavera, 1979: synonym of Pseudomelampus exiguus (Lowe, 1832)
* Melampus ceylanicus [sic]: synonym of Melampus ceylonicus (Petit de la Saussaye, 1843)
* Melampus coffeus (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of Melampus coffea (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Melampus exiguus Lowe, 1832: synonym of Pseudomelampus exiguus (Lowe, 1832)
* Melampus fortis Mousson, 1869: synonym of Melampus flavus (Gmelin, 1791)
* Melampus gracilis Lowe, 1832: synonym of Myosotella myosotis (Draparnaud, 1801)
* Melampus hemphillii (Dall, 1884): synonym of Sayella hemphillii (Dall, 1884)
* Melampus kuesteri (Krauss in Küster, 1843): synonym of Melampus lividus (Deshayes, 1830)
* Melampus microspira Pilsbry, 1891: synonym of Melampus coffea (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Melampus monilis (Bruguière, 1789): synonym of Melampus monile (Bruguière, 1789)
* Melampus ordinarius Melvill & Ponsonby, 1901: synonym of Melampus lividus (Deshayes, 1830)
* Melampus patulus Lowe, 1832: synonym of Melampus luteus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
* Melampus siamensis Martens, 1865: synonym of Melampus sincaporensis L. Pfeiffer, 1855
* Melampus singaporensis [sic]: synonym of Melampus sincaporensis L. Pfeiffer, 1855
* Melampus stutchburyi L. Pfeiffer, 185: synonym of Ophicardelus sulcatus H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
* Melampus sulcatus Brazier, 1877: synonym of Ophicardelus sulcatus H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
* Melampus tetricus Morelet, 1864: synonym of Pleuroloba quoyi (H. & A. Adams, 1854)
* Melampus umlaasianus (Küster, 1843): synonym of Melampus lividus (Deshayes, 1830)