Interesting Facts
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Description
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Habitat
Typically found in a lake at a mean distance from sea level of -339 meters (-1,112 feet).[1]
Biome: Freshwater ; Marine [2].
Ecology:
This brackish
species inhabits mangrove swamps (Garrett 1887). (Ref.
285996).
List of Habitats
:
- 12 Marine Intertidal
- 12.7 Marine Intertidal - Mangrove Submerged Roots [more info]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
()
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
()
- Phylum:
Mollusca
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795
- Molluscs
- Class:
Gastropoda
()
- Cuvier, 1795
- Snails and Slugs
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
()
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
- Superorder:
Heterobranchia
()
- J.E. Gray, 1840
- Order:
Pulmonata
()
- Cuvier, in Blainville, 1814
- Suborder:
Eupulmonata
()
- (Haszprunar & Huber, 1990)
- Infraorder:
Acteophila
()
- Dall, 1885
- Superfamily:
Ellobioidea
()
- L. Pfeiffer, 1854 (1822)
- Family:
Ellobiidae
()
- L. Pfeiffer, 1854 (1822)
- Genus:
Melampus
()
- Montfort, 1810
- Specific name:
striatus
- Pease, 1861
- Scientific name: - Melampus striatus Pease, 1861
- Specific name:
striatus
- Pease, 1861
- Genus:
Melampus
(
- Family:
Ellobiidae
(
- Superfamily:
Ellobioidea
(
- Infraorder:
Acteophila
(
- Suborder:
Eupulmonata
(
- Order:
Pulmonata
(
- Superorder:
Heterobranchia
(
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
(
- Class:
Gastropoda
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Melampus montrouzieri • Melampus ornatus
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Melampus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 6 species and subspecies in this genus:
M. bidentatus (Eastern Melampus) · M. bullaoides (Bubble Melampus) · M. coffeus (Coffee Melampus) · M. floridanus (Florida Melampus) · M. monile (Caribbean Melampus) · M. olivaceus (California Melampus)
More Info
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- Search for Pictures: images.google.com
- Search for Scholarly Articles: Google Scholar
- Search using Scientific Name and Vernacular Names: All the Web | AltaVista Canada | AltaVista | Excite | Google | HotBot | Lycos
- Search using Specialized Databases: GenBank | Medline | Scirus | CISTI/CAL | Agricola Periodicals | Agricola Books
Further Reading
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- American journal of conchology. Philadelphia, G.W. Tryon, jr., 1865-72. url p. 160.
- Digesta malacologica / by E. R. Sykes. London: W. Wesley and Son, 1901-1903. url p. 25.
- Hand list of Mollusca in the Indian Museum, Calcutta by Geoffrey Nevill. Calcutta, Printed by order of the trustees, 1878-1884. url p. 218.
- Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Calcutta: [The Society]1865-1905. url .
- Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. Sydney, Linnean Society of New South Wales. url p. 101, p. 118.
- Productive farming; or, A familiar digest of the recent discoveries of Liebig, Johnston, Davy, and other celebrated writers on vegetable chemistry; showing how the results of tillage might be greatly augmented. By Joseph A. Smith. New York, D. Appleton & Co., 1843. url p. 110.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed February 4, 2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Köhler, F. 2011. Melampus striatus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 02February2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 07, 2007:
- Academy of Natural Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences Malacology Database
- Academy of Natural Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences OBIS Mollusc Database [Darwin Core]
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1918934
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 16078757
- IUCN ID: 222328
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2432854
Footnotes
- Standard Deviation = 977.500 based on 13 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
- Köhler, F. 2011. Melampus striatus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 02 February 2012. [back]
