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Species

Species within the genus ''Merelina'' include: * † '' Merelina avita'' Marwick, 1928 * '' Merelina cancellata'' Criscione & Ponder, 2011 * '' Merelina cheilostoma'' (Tenison Woods, 1877) * '' Merelina cochleata'' Powell, 1927 * '' Merelina compacta'' Powell, 1937 * '' Merelina coronata'' (Powell, 1926) * '' Merelina crassissima'' Powell, 1937 * '' Merelina crispulata'' Powell, 1937 * '' Merelina crossaeformis'' (Powell, 1926) * † '' Merelina effodita'' Laws, 1950 * '' Merelina elegans'' (Angas, 1877) * '' Merelina foliata'' (Suter, 1908) * '' Merelina gracilis'' (Angas, 1877) * '' Merelina harrisonae'' Powell, 1939 * '' Merelina hirta'' Criscione & Ponder, 2011 * † '' Merelina kaawensis'' Laws, 1936 * '' Merelina lacunosa'' (Powell, 1926) * '' Merelina lordhowensis'' Criscione & Ponder, 2011 * '' Merelina lyalliana'' (Suter, 1898) * '' Merelina manawatawhia'' Powell, 1937 * '' Merelina maoriana'' Powell, 1939 * '' Merelina norfolkensis'' Criscione & Ponder, 2011 * '' Merelina pagodiformis'' (G.B. Sowerby III, 1914) * '' Merelina pauereques'' Powell, 1937 * '' Merelina petronella'' (Melvill & Standen, 1901) * '' Merelina pisinna'' (Melvill & Standen, 1896) * '' Merelina plaga'' Finlay, 1926 * '' Merelina queenslandica'' Laseron, 1956 * '' Merelina rubiginosa'' Ponder, 1967 * † '' Merelina saginata'' Laws, 1939 * '' Merelina superba'' Powell, 1927 * '' Merelina taupoensis'' Powell, 1939 * † '' Merelina telkibana'' Ladd, 1966 * '' Merelina tricarinata'' Powell, 1937 * † '' Merelina waiotemarama'' Laws, 1948 * '' Merelina waitangiensis'' Powell, 1933 ; Species brought into synonymy: * ''Merelina corruga'' Laseron, 1956 : synonym of '' Manzonia corruga'' (Laseron, 1956) * ''Merelina crassula'' Rehder, 1980 : synonym of '' Manzonia crassula'' (Rehder, 1980) * ''Merelina cyrta'' Cotton, 1944 : synonym of '' Alvania hedleyi'' Thiele, 1930 * ''Merelina eminens'' Laseron, 1950 : synonym of '' Alvania fasciata'' (Tenison Woods, 1876) * ''Merelina goliath'' Laseron, 1956 : synonym of ''

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'' (Boettger, 1893) * ''Merelina granulosa'' (Pease, 1862) accepted as '' Manzonia granulosa'' (Pease, 1862) * ''Merelina hewa'' Kay, 1979 : synonym of '' Manzonia hewa'' (Kay, 1979) * ''Merelina hians'' Laseron, 1957 : synonym of '' Sansoniella minuta'' (Hornung & Mermod, 1927) * ''Merelina humera'' Laseron, 1956 : synonym of ''

'' (Boettger, 1893) * ''Merelina longinqua'' Rehder, 1980 : synonym of '' Manzonia longinqua'' (Rehder, 1980) * ''Merelina reversa'' Laseron, 1956 : synonym of ''

'' (Boettger, 1893) * ''Merelina sculptilis'' May, 1920 : synonym of '' Alvania sculptilis'' (May, 1920) * ''Merelina solida'' Laseron, 1956 : synonym of '' Iravadia mahimensis'' (Melvill, 1893) * ''Merelina subreticulata'' Laseron, 1950 : synonym of '' Alvania suprasculpta'' (May, 1915) * ''Merelina sucina'' Laseron, 1956 a: synonym of '' Iravadia mahimensis'' (Melvill, 1893) * ''Merelina tokyoensis'' (Pilsbry, 1904) : synonym of '' Manzonia tokyoensis'' (Pilsbry, 1904) * ''Merelina wanawana'' Kay, 1979 : synonym of '' Manzonia wanawana'' (Kay, 1979)

References

Ponder W. F. (1985). ''A review of the Genera of the Rissoidae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda: Rissoacea)''. Records of the Australian Museum supplement 4: 1-221
* Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). ''All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia.'' In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp * Criscione F. & Ponder W.F. (2011) ''A review of the Recent Australian species of Merelina Iredale, 1915 (Caenogastropoda: Rissoidae)''. Molluscan Research 31(2): 65–84

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