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.