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Meladomus Swainson, 1840
820642 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:820642)
unaccepted
Genus
Meladomus bulimoides Swainson, 1840 accepted as Lanistes purpureus (Jonas, 1839) (type by monotypy)
- Subgenus Meladomus (Bolteniana) Bourguignat, 1890 accepted as Lanistes Montfort, 1810
- Subgenus Meladomus (Lanistes) Montfort, 1810 accepted as Lanistes Montfort, 1810
- Species Meladomus (Lanistes) fultoni Kobelt, 1912 accepted as Lanistes fultoni (Kobelt, 1912) (basionym)
- Species Meladomus (Lanistes) libycus (Morelet, 1848) accepted as Lanistes libycus (Morelet, 1848)
- Species Meladomus (Lanistes) senegalensis Kobelt, 1912 accepted as Lanistes varicus (O. F. Müller, 1774) (junior synonym)
- Subgenus Meladomus (Libyciana) Bourguignat, 1889 accepted as Lanistes Montfort, 1810
- Subgenus Meladomus (Meladomus) Swainson, 1840 accepted as Lanistes Montfort, 1810 (formerly used as subgenus of Lanistes)
- Species Meladomus (Meladomus) trojanus (Neumayr, 1883) † accepted as Bulinus trojanus (Neumayr, 1883) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Subgenus Meladomus (Nyassana) Bourguignat, 1890 accepted as Lanistes Montfort, 1810
- Subgenus Meladomus (Olivaceana) Bourguignat, 1890 accepted as Lanistes Montfort, 1810
- Subgenus Meladomus (Pseudoceratodes) Wenz, 1928 † accepted as Pseudoceratodes Wenz, 1928 † (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Species Meladomus (Pseudoceratodes) irregularis (Blanckenhorn, 1900) † accepted as Pseudoceratodes irregularis (Blanckenhorn, 1900) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Meladomus (Pseudoceratodes) jolyi (Jodot, 1913) † accepted as Sudanistes jolyi (Jodot, 1913) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Meladomus (Pseudoceratodes) mammuth (Blanckenhorn, 1900) † accepted as Pseudoceratodes mammuth (Blanckenhorn, 1900) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Meladomus (Pseudoceratodes) sandbergeri (C. Mayer-Eymar, 1901) † accepted as Pseudoceratodes sandbergeri (Mayer-Eymar, 1901) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Subgenus Meladomus (Purpuriana) Bourguignat, 1890 accepted as Lanistes Montfort, 1810
- Species Meladomus adansoni Kobelt, 1911 accepted as Lanistes varicus (O. F. Müller, 1774)
- Species Meladomus alexandri Bourguignat, 1890 accepted as Lanistes alexandri (Bourguignat, 1890) (original combination)
- Species Meladomus bloyeti Bourguignat, 1890 accepted as Lanistes bloyeti (Bourguignat, 1890) (original combination)
- Species Meladomus boettgeri Kobelt, 1912 accepted as Lanistes libycus (Morelet, 1848)
- Species Meladomus bulimoides Swainson, 1840 accepted as Lanistes purpureus (Jonas, 1839)
- Species Meladomus deguerryanus Bourguignat, 1890 accepted as Lanistes deguerryanus (Bourguignat, 1890) (original combination)
- Species Meladomus duveyrierianus Revoil, 1885 accepted as Lanistes carinatus (Olivier, 1804) accepted as Lanistes boltenianus (Röding, 1798)
- Species Meladomus intortus (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Lanistes intortus (Lamarck, 1816)
- Species Meladomus jouberti Bourguignat, 1888 accepted as Lanistes jouberti (Bourguignat, 1888)
- Species Meladomus letourneuxi Bourguignat, 1879 accepted as Lanistes letourneuxi (Bourguignat, 1879) (original combination)
- Species Meladomus libycus (Morelet, 1848) accepted as Lanistes libycus (Morelet, 1848) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Meladomus nitidissimus Bourguignat, 1890 accepted as Lanistes nitidissimus (Bourguignat, 1890) (original combination)
- Species Meladomus olivaceus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825) accepted as Lanistes olivaceus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)
- Species Meladomus ovum (Troschel, 1845) accepted as Lanistes ovum Troschel, 1845
- Species Meladomus pfeifferi Bourguignat, 1879 accepted as Lanistes pfeifferi (Bourguignat, 1879) (original combination)
- Species Meladomus purpureus (Jonas, 1839) accepted as Lanistes purpureus (Jonas, 1839)
- Species Meladomus pyramidalis Bourguignat, 1879 accepted as Lanistes pyramidalis (Bourguignat, 1879) (original combination)
- Species Meladomus vignoni Bourguignat, 1890 accepted as Lanistes vignoni (Bourguignat, 1890) (original combination)
Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 340 [details]
page(s): 340 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Meladomus Swainson, 1840. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=820642 on 2025-09-11
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Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 340 [details]
basis of record Westerlund, C. A. (1886). <i>Fauna der in der paläarctischen Region (...) lebenden Binnenconchylien</i>. I. Fam. Testacellidae, Glandinidae, Vitrinidae & Leucochroidae. – Lund: Håkan Ohlsson. 88 + 7 (Register) + 16 (Dritte Beilage [Nachträge und Berichtigungen zum Heft IV (I): pp. 1-6; Nachträge und Berichtigungen zum Heft V (II): pp. 6-15; Bemerkungen zum Heft I (III): p. 16]) pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10893267
page(s): 9 [details]
source of synonymy Cowie, R. H. (2015). The recent apple snails of Africa and Asia (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Ampullariidae: <i>Afropomus, Forbesopomus, Lanistes, Pila, Saulea</i>): a nomenclatural and type catalogue. The apple snails of the Americas: addenda and corrigenda. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3940(1): 1-92., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3940.1.1 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 340 [details]
basis of record Westerlund, C. A. (1886). <i>Fauna der in der paläarctischen Region (...) lebenden Binnenconchylien</i>. I. Fam. Testacellidae, Glandinidae, Vitrinidae & Leucochroidae. – Lund: Håkan Ohlsson. 88 + 7 (Register) + 16 (Dritte Beilage [Nachträge und Berichtigungen zum Heft IV (I): pp. 1-6; Nachträge und Berichtigungen zum Heft V (II): pp. 6-15; Bemerkungen zum Heft I (III): p. 16]) pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10893267
page(s): 9 [details]
source of synonymy Cowie, R. H. (2015). The recent apple snails of Africa and Asia (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Ampullariidae: <i>Afropomus, Forbesopomus, Lanistes, Pila, Saulea</i>): a nomenclatural and type catalogue. The apple snails of the Americas: addenda and corrigenda. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3940(1): 1-92., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3940.1.1 [details] Available for editors
