Melanella tanabensis

Melanella tanabensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Eulimidae
Genus: Melanella
Species:
M. tanabensis
Binomial name
Melanella tanabensis
Takano, Ha. Tanaka & Kano, 2019
Synonyms
  • Hypermastus lacteus (A. Adams, 1863)
  • Leiostraca (Mucronalia) lactea A. Adams, 1863 (original combination)
  • Mucronalia lactea (A. Adams, 1863)

Melanella tanabensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae. The species is one of many species known to exist within the genus, Melanella.

Description

(Original description in Latin) The shell is awl-shaped and pupoid, with a blunt apex and a small, short point. It is milky-white and scarcely opaque. The shell consists of four regular, flat whorls, separated by impressed sutures. The aperture is oblique and oblong, widening and extending towards the front.

Distribution

The holotype of this species was found off Japan.

References

  1. ↑ Melanella tanabensis Takano, Ha. Tanaka & Kano, 2019. 19 October 2026. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. ↑ A. Adams, 1864. Warén A. (1980). Revision of the genera Thyca, Stilifer, Scalenostoma, Mucronalia and Echineulima (Mollusca, Prosobranchia, Eulimidae). Zoologica Scripta 9: 187-210. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=536153 on 2013-03-13. {{source-attribution