Melanochlamys Aquilina

''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.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

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 Rudman, W.B. (1972) ''On Melanochlamys Cheeseman, 1881, a genus of the Aglajidae'' (Opisthobranchia: Gastropoda). Pacific Science, 26(1): 50-62, 8 figs.

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.

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), this genus contains the following accepted names:
* ''Melanochlamys algirae'' (Adams A. in Sowerby G.B. II, 1850)
* '' Melanochlamys aquilina'' S.-Q. Zhang, M.-J. Liao, Y.-G. Wang, M. Kong & B. Li, 2020
* ''Melanochlamys barryi'' Gosliner, 1990
* ''Melanochlamys chabanae'' Breslau, Valdés & Chichvarkhin, 2016
* '' 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 miqueli'' (Pelorce, Horst & Hoarau, 2013)
* ''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

*Vaught, K.C. (1989). ''A classification of the living Mollusca''. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . 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''
* Pelorce J., Horst D. & Hoarau A., 2013, 2012. U''ne nouvelle espèce de la famille Aglajidae (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia) des côtes de Méditerranée française.'' Iberus 31(2): 165-170

External links

Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls.

Rudman, W.B. (1972) On Melanochlamys Cheeseman, 1881, a genus of the Aglajidae (Opisthobranchia: Gastropoda). Pacific Science, 26(1): 50-62, 8 figs.


* [https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx064/4584517 Zamora-Silva A. & Malaquias M.A.E. (2018 - nomenclatural availability: 2017). Molecular phylogeny of the Aglajidae head-shield sea slugs (Heterobranchia: Cephalaspidea): new evolutionary lineages revealed and proposal of a new classification. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 183(1): 1-51]
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Taxa named by Thomas Frederic Cheeseman