Melanochlamys Cheeseman 1881

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]

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 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). 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
• Pelorce J., Horst D. & Hoarau A., 2013, 2012. Une nouvelle espèce de la famille Aglajidae (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia) des côtes de Méditerranée française. Iberus 31(2): 165-170

Melanochlamys is een geslacht van weekdieren uit de klasse van de Gastropoda (slakken).

Soorten

• Melanochlamys algirae (A. Adams in G. B. Sowerby II, 1850)
• Melanochlamys barryi Gosliner, 1990
• Melanochlamys cylindrica Cheeseman, 1881
• Melanochlamys diomedea (Bergh, 1894)
• 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