Triforis (Inella) melantera Hervier, 1898

Triforis (Inella) melantera Hervier, 1898: 254 .

Trifora melantera Hervier, 1898 — Viader 1937: 43.

Triphora melantera Hervier, 1898 — Kuroda & Habe 1952: 91.

Triforis melantera Hervier, 1898 — Héros et al. 2007: 220.

Type locality. New Caledonia, Lifou.

Type material. MNHN-IM-2000-1493, syntype .

Distribution. Japan (Kuroda & Habe 1952; Higo et al. 1999), Mauritius (Viader 1937), New Caledonia (Hervier 1898; Hervier 1899; Héros et al. 2007), Philippines (Higo et al. 1999).

(†) Cerithium melanura C.B. Adams, 1850

Cerithium melanura C.B. Adams, 1850: 117 .

Triphoris melanura (C.B. Adams, 1850) — Mörch 1876: 108.

Triforis melanura (C.B. Adams, 1850) — Tryon 1887: 191.

Triforis melanurus (C.B. Adams, 1850) — Paetel 1888: 349,

Triphora melanura (C.B. Adams, 1850) — Parker & Curray 1956: 2434.

Cosmotriphora melanura (C.B. Adams, 1850) — Marshall 1983: 110.

Triphora (Cosmotriphora) melanura (C.B. Adams, 1850) — Odé 1989: 109.

Type locality. Jamaica .

Type material. MCZ 186159, lectotype . MCZ 186160, paratype .

Distribution. ABC–Islands (de Jong & Coomans 1988; Díaz & Miloslavich 2010; Fernandes et al. 2013), Antigua (Zhang 2011), Bahamas (Redfern 2001; Dowgiallo 2004; Fernandes et al. 2013; Redfern 2013; Fernandes & Pimenta 2020), Belize (Díaz & Miloslavich 2010; Fernandes et al. 2013), Bermuda (Jensen & Pearce 2009; Fernandes et al. 2013; Fernandes & Pimenta 2020), Brazil (Rios 1970; Abbott 1974; Rios 1975; Rios 1985; Absalão 1989; Odé 1989; Leal 1991; Díaz & Puyana 1994; Rios 1994; de Barros et al. 2002; Coelho-Filho 2004; Absalão et al. 2006; Gomes et al. 2006; Santos et al. 2007; Rosenberg et al. 2009; Oliveira et al. 2009; Rios 2009; Tunnell et al. 2010; Fernandes et al. 2013; Lamy & Pointier 2017; Fernandes & Pimenta 2019a; Fernandes & Pimenta 2020), Cape Verde (Bouchet 1985; Fernandes & Rolán 1988; Fernandes & Rolán 1991; Leal 1991; Díaz & Puyana 1994; Rolán 2005), Cayman Islands (Hess & Abbott 1994), Colombia (Díaz & Puyana 1994; Díaz & Miloslavich 2010; Daccarett & Bossio 2011; Fernandes et al. 2013; Lamy & Pointier 2017), Costa Rica (Espinosa & Ortea 2001; Díaz & Miloslavich 2010; Fernandes et al. 2013; Lamy & Pointier 2017), Cuba (Rolán & Fernández-Garcés 1994; Rolán & Fernández-Garcés 2007; Díaz & Miloslavich 2010; Espinosa et al. 2012; Fernandes et al. 2013; Diez & Capote 2013; Lamy & Pointier 2017), Guadeloupe (Rolán & Fernández-Garcés 2015; Lamy & Pointier 2017), Gulf of Mexico (Odé 1989; Leal 1991; Rosenberg et al. 2009), Jamaica (Adams 1850; Mörch 1876; Tryon 1887; Paetel 1888; Dall 1889b; Smith 1890; Clench & Turner 1950; Leal 1991; Díaz & Miloslavich 2010; Fernandes et al. 2013; Lamy & Pointier 2017), Liberia (Bouchet 1985), Mexico (Ekdale 1974; Vokes & Vokes 1983; Cruz & Gándara 2006; Díaz & Miloslavich 2010; Fernandes et al. 2013; Lamy & Pointier 2017; Fernandes & Pimenta 2020), Puerto Rico (Dall & Simpson 1901; Warmke & Abbott 1962; Díaz & Miloslavich 2010; Fernandes et al. 2013; Lamy & Pointier 2017), Senegal (Ardovini & Cossignani 2004), Saint Barthelemy (Lamy & Pointier 2017), Saint Helena (Smith 1890; Rios 1975; Rios 1985), Saint Martin (Lamy & Pointier 2017), São Tomé Island (Fernandes & Rolán 1993), Spain (Peñas et al. 2006), Spain, Canary Islands (Bouchet 1985; Fernandes & Rolán 1991; Díaz & Puyana 1994), United States, Florida (Dall 1892; Abbott 1974; Rios 1975; Rios 1985; Odé 1989; Leal 1991; Portell et al. 1995; Camp et al. 1998; Montagna et al. 2008; Lee 2009; Tunnell et al. 2010; Fernandes et al. 2013; Lamy & Pointier 2017), United States, Louisiana (Garcia & Lee 2002; Garcia & Lee 2011; Fernandes et al. 2013), United States, North Carolina (Dall 1889b; Dall 1892; Abbott 1974; Rios 1975; Rios 1985; Odé 1989; Leal 1991; Díaz & Puyana 1994; Rosenberg et al. 2009; Tunnell et al. 2010; Fernandes et al. 2013; Lamy & Pointier 2017; Fernandes & Pimenta 2020), United States, Texas (Parker & Curray 1956; Odé 1989; Tunnell et al. 2010; Fernandes et al. 2013; Lamy & Pointier 2017; Fernandes & Pimenta 2020), United States, Virginia (Lea 1843; Dall 1892), United States Virgin Islands, Saint Croix (Nowell-Usticke 1959; Lamy & Pointier 2017), Venezuela (Rios 1985; Lamy & Pointier 2017), Virgin Islands (Fernandes et al. 2013).

Geological age. Pleistocene (Portell et al. 1995), Miocene (Dall 1892).

Remarks. Lectotype designated by Clench & Turner (1950). Lea (1843) recorded this species from the Unites States, Virginia as Cerithium moniliferum . Triforis grimaldii Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1906 is widely accepted as a junior synonym of Cerithium melanura (e.g. Bouchet 1985; Fernandes & Pimenta, 2020). Rolán & Fernández-Garcés (2007) and Fernandes & Pimenta (2020) considered Cerithium dealbatum C.B. Adams, 1850 a synonym of Cerithium melanura C.B. Adams, 1850 . Dall (1892) considered Cerithium submoniliferum d’Orbigny, 1852 a synonym of Cerithium melanura C.B. Adams, 1850 .