Subgenus Melania (Eumelania) Rovereto, 1899 accepted as Melanoides Olivier, 1804(invalid: unnecessary nom. nov. pro Striatella Brot, 1870, by Rovereto treated as a junior homonym of Striatella Agardh, 1832, which is a diatom and thus does not compete in homonymy)
Species Melania bensoni Reeve, 1859(unaccepted > junior homonym, invalid; not Philippi, 1851; replacement name for M. cancellata Benson, 1842 nec Say, 1829)
Species Melania berendti Brot, 1875(unaccepted, unavailable, described in synonymy and not treated as accepted subsequently)
Species Melania blanda I. Lea, 1861(unaccepted, junior homonym of M. blanda I. Lea, 1841, replaced by Goniobasis versa I. Lea, 1861 and G. leai Tryon, 1873)
Species Melania cancellata Yabe & Nagao, 1926 †(unaccepted > junior homonym, junior homonym of Melania cancellata Say, 1829 and M. cancellata Benson, 1842; Semisulcospira recticancellata is a replacement name)
Species Melania catenaria I. Lea, 1840(unaccepted, invalid, junior homonym of Melania catenaria Say, 1822; Melania catenoides I. Lea, 1842 is a replacement name)
Species Melania corrugata I. Lea, 1841(unaccepted, invalid: junior homonym of Melania corrugata Lamarck, 1804; Melania rugosa I. Lea, 1843 is a replacement name)
Species Melania decussata Brot, 1862(unaccepted, junior synonym; replacement name for Melania australis Reeve, 1859, non M. australis I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851 )
Species Melania deshayesiana Reeve, 1860(unaccepted, invalid, a junior homonym of Melania deshayesiana I. Lea, 1843; Melania mutata Brot, 1862 is a replacement name)
Species Melania elegans T. Fuchs, 1877 †(unaccepted > junior homonym, junior homonym of Melania elegans Benson, 1836; Micromelania graeca is a replacement name)
Species Melania ettingshausei Dainelli, 1901 †(unaccepted, emendation: obviously named after Constantin von Ettingshausen, which Dainelli referred to several times in the text; new combination)
Species Melania glans J. G. Anthony, 1854(unaccepted, invalid: junior homonym of Melania glans von dem Busch, 1842; Melania glandula Anthony, 1860 is a replacement name)
Species Melania incerta Leymerie, 1842 †(unaccepted > junior homonym, invalid: junior homonym of Melania incerta Grateloup, 1838, and M. incerta Anton, 1838; Rissoina albis is a replacement name)
Species Melania laevigata I. Lea, 1841(unaccepted, invalid: junior secondary homonym of Melanopsis laevigata Lamarck, 1816; M. laevis Lea, 1843 is a replacement name, but itself preoccupied)
Species Melania laevis I. Lea, 1842(unaccepted, invalid: junior homonym of M. laevis Gray, 1833, replaced by M. leaii Brot, 1862)
Species Melania lineata Troschel, 1837(unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, invalid: junior homonym of Melania lineata J. Sowerby, 1818)
Species Melania lineolata Gray, 1833(unaccepted, Invalid: junior homonym of Melania lineolata W. Wood, 1828; Cerithium truncatum Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834 is a replacement name)
Species Melania lirata Menke, 1843(unaccepted, primary homonym of Melania lirata Benson, 1843; Melania incerta is a replacement name)
Species Melania manillaensis I. Lea, 1866(unaccepted, unnecessary replacement name for Melania australis I. Lea, 1857, which was replaced by Melania duplex Brot, 1862)
Species Melania nodata Reeve, 1861(unaccepted, junior synonym; introduced as replacement for M. tuberculata I. Lea, 1831 to avoid secondary homonymy with Nerita tuberculata O. F. Müller, 1774)
Species Melania ovata Martinson, 1954 †(unaccepted > junior homonym, junior homonym of Melania ovata Bronn, 1831; G. martinsoniana is a replacement name)
Species Melania plicata I. Lea, 1838(unaccepted, invalid: junior homonym of Melania plicata Menke, 1828; M. menkiana is a replacement name)
Species Melania plicatula I. Lea, 1841(unaccepted, invalid, a junior homonym of Melania plicatula Deshayes, 1825; Melania deshayesiana is a replacement name)
Species Melania propria I. Lea, 1861(unaccepted, invalid, a junior homonym of another Melania propria I. Lea, 1861; Goniobasis lepida I. Lea, 1863 is a replacement name)
Lamarck, J.B.M. (1799). Prodrome d'une nouvelle classification des coquilles, comprenant une rédaction appropriée des caractères géneriques, et l'établissement d'un grand nombre de genres nouveaux. <em>Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris.</em> 1: 63-91., available online athttp://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13585626 page(s): 75 [details]
original descriptionLamarck, J.B.M. (1799). Prodrome d'une nouvelle classification des coquilles, comprenant une rédaction appropriée des caractères géneriques, et l'établissement d'un grand nombre de genres nouveaux. <em>Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris.</em> 1: 63-91., available online athttp://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13585626 page(s): 75 [details]
basis of recordBenson, W. H. (1830). Description of the animal of <i>Melania</i>, a genus of fluviatile Testacea; with remarks on its habits, and the characters of five species inhabiting the fresh waters of the Gangetic provinces. <em>Gleanings in Science.</em> 2: 21-23., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51583203[details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality