Melanella candida

Melanella candida
Shell of Melanella candida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Eulimidae
Genus:	Melanella
Species:	M. candida
Binomial name
Melanella candida (Marrat, 1880)
Synonyms
Eulima candida Marrat, 1880 ·

Melanella candida is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae. The species is one of a number within the genus Melanella.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines and Japan.

References

• Marrat F. P. (1880). Eulima candida (the Shiningwhite). . Proceedings of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool. 8: 38-39.
• Higo, S.; Callomon, P.; Goto, Y. (1999). Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 749 pp.
• Springsteen, F. J.; Leobrera, F. M. (1986). Shells of the Philippines. Carfel Seashell Museum, Manila, 377 pp.