| Melampus
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| A live Melampus sincaporensis on a human hand
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| Scientific classification
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| Kingdom:
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Animalia
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| Phylum:
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Mollusca
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| Class:
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Gastropoda
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| Order:
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Ellobiida
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| Superfamily:
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Ellobioidea
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| Family:
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Ellobiidae
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| Subfamily:
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Melampodinae
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| Genus:
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Melampus
Montfort, 1810
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| Synonyms
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- 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)
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Melampus is a genus of small air-breathing salt marsh snails, pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae.