Ellobiidae pictures

ELLOBIIDAE
(including Trimusculus)

Cassidula
Ellobium
Laemodonta
Leucophytia
Melampus
Myosotella

Ophicardelus
Ovatella
Pedipes
Pseudomelampus
Pythia
Tralia

Cassidula Gray, 1847 [syn : Cassidula Férussac, 1821] (depths in collection: mangrove, low tide)


Cassidula nucleus (Gmelin, 1791) Red Sea to Philippines, S. Japan to New Caledonia Philippines 18-20mm

Cassidula nucleus (Gmelin, 1791) Red Sea to Philippines, S. Japan to New Caledonia Singapore 22,5mm	Cassidula aurisfelis (Petit de la Saussaie, 1841) E. Indo-SW. Pacific Thailand 26mm	Cassidula rugata (Menke, 1843) Australia Australia 18,5mm

Cassidula plecotrematoides Möllendorff, 1901 E. Indo-W. Pacific Japan 13,5mm	Cassidula angulifera (Petit de la Saussaie, 1841) N. Australia Queensland 28mm

Ellobium Röding, 1798 (depths in collection: mangrove)


	Ellobium aurismidae (Linnaeus, 1758) E. Indo-W. Pacific Thailand 84mm

	Ellobium aurisjudae (Linnaeus, 1758) W. Pacific Philippines 38mm	Ellobium dominicense (Férussac, 1821) E. Florida to Brasil, Caribbean Florida 17,5-19,5mm

Laemodonta Philippi, 1846 (depths in collection: low tide)


Laemodonta monilifera (H. & A. Adams, 1854) Taiwan, W. Pacific Wallis & Futuna 6mm	Laemodonta monilifera (H. & A. Adams, 1854) Taiwan, W. Pacific French Polynesia 3mm	Laemodonta bella H. & A. Adams, 1855 Indo-Pacific Comores 6-7mm

Laemodonta typica (H. & A. Adams, 1854) Indo-W. Pacific Comores 2,75-3,5mm		Laemodonta octanfracta (Jonas, 1845) Indo-Pacific Réunion 3,5mm

Laemodonta ciliata (Tate, 1879) Australia Australia 5,75-6mm

Leucophytia Winckworth, 1949 (depths in collection: beach, 50cm deep)


	Leucophytia bidentata (Montagu, 1808) North Sea to Azores, to W. Mediterranean S. Spain 3mm	Leucophytia bidentata (Montagu, 1808) North Sea to Azores, to W. Mediterranean Italy 3mm	Leucophytia bidentata (Montagu, 1808) North Sea to Azores, to W. Mediterranean Sicily 3,5mm

Melampus Montfort, 1810 (depths in collection: splash zone)


Melampus castaneus (von Mülhfeldt, 1818) Pacific Hawaii 10mm	Melampus liberianus H. & A. Adams, 1854 Senegal to Angola Senegal 10-12mm	Melampus sincaporensis Pfeiffer, 1855 India to Japan Japan 10,5mm

Melampus olivaceus Carpenter, 1857 S. California to W. Mexico W. Mexico 16-17mm	Melampus carolianus (Lesson, 1842) Costa Rica to Ecuador, Galapagos Ecuador 14-16mm	Melampus pfeifferianus Morelet, 1860 Mozambique, Madagascar, Mascarenhas Comores 14mm

Melampus coffeus (Linnaeus, 1758) Florida to Uruguay & offshore islands Brasil 19,5mm	Melampus luteus Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 Tropical Indo-Pacific Bora-Bora 17-18mm	Melampus globulus (d'Orbigny, 1837) W. Panama to Ecuador W. Panama 13-16mm

Melampus cf. fasciatus Deshayes, 1830 Tropical Indo-W. Pacific to Polynesia French Polynesia 16-17mm	Melampus fasciatus Deshayes, 1830 Tropical Indo-W. Pacific to Polynesia Comores 10-12mm

Melampus bidentatus Say, 1822 SE. Canada to W. Indies Florida 13-16mm	Melampus bidentatus Say, 1822 SE. Canada to W. Indies New York 10-10,5mm

Melampus striatus Pease, 1861 Indo-Pacific G_ELLB_005 French Polynesia 5-7mm	Melampus caffer Küster, 1844 Indo-W. Pacific French Polynesia 11-14mm	Melampus caffer Küster, 1844 Indo-W. Pacific Comores 10-11mm

Myosotella Monterosato, 1906 (depths in collection: intertidal)


	Myosotella myosotis (Draparnaud, 1801) British Isles to Med., W. Africa, Nova Scotia to Bermuda... Italy 8mm	Myosotella myosotis (Draparnaud, 1801) British Isles to Med., W. Africa, Nova Scotia to Bermuda... S. France 10mm	Myosotella denticulata (Montagu, 1803) British Isles to Med., W. Africa, Nova Scotia to Bermuda... NW. Spain 7mm

Ophicardelus Beck, 1838 (depths in collection: intertidal)


	Ophicardelus sulcatus H. & A. Adams, 1855 New Zealand to N. Territory, to Victoria Australia 10-11mm

Ovatella Bivona, 1832 (depths in collection: intertidal)


	Ovatella firminii (Payraudeau, 1826) Mediterranean, Morocco S. Spain 10,5mm	Ovatella firminii (Payraudeau, 1826) Mediterranean, Morocco S. Tunisia 7,1-7,4mm

Pedipes Férussac, 1821 (depths in collection: low tide)


	Pedipes affinis (J.E. Gray, 1825) Indo-W. Pacific Wallis & Futuna 5mm	Pedipes affinis (J.E. Gray, 1825) Indo-W. Pacific Réunion 5-7mm – picture © R. Huet

Pseudomelampus Pallary, 1900 (depths in collection: littoral, upper sublittoral)


	Pseudomelampus exigus (Lowe, 1832) Angola to W. Mediterranean S. Spain 3,5mm

Pythia Röding, 1798 (depths in collection: sand, rocks, banana leaves)


	Pythia scarabaeus (Linnaeus, 1758) Indo-W. Pacific Sri Lanka 24-24mm	Pythia reeveana (Pfeiffer, 1853) Indo-W. Pacific Sri Lanka 20mm

Tralia Gray, 1840 (depths in collection: upper intertidal)


	Tralia costata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) Indo-W. Pacific Comores 10mm

ELLOBIIDAE