Melanochlamys

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]

Melanochlamys
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Euopisthobranchia
clade Cephalaspidea
Superfamily:
Philinoidea
Family:
Aglajidae
Genus:
Melanochlamys

Cheeseman, 1881 [1]
Type species
Melanochlamys cylindrica Cheeseman, 1881
Species

See text

Synonyms

Nona H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 (nomen oblitum)

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 barryi Gosliner, 1990
  • Melanochlamys cylindrica Cheeseman, 1881
  • Melanochlamys diomedea (Bergh, 1893)
  • 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 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)

References
  1. Cheeseman, T.F. (1881) On a new genus of opisthobranchiate Mollusca. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 13: 224.
  2. Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Melanochlamys Cheesman, 1881. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137639 on 5 June 2012
  3. Rudman, W.B. (1972) On Melanochlamys Cheeseman, 1881, a genus of the Aglajidae (Opisthobranchia: Gastropoda). Pacific Science, 26(1): 50-62, 8 figs.
  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
  • Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda
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