Melanella cuspidata

Melanella cuspidata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Eulimidae
Genus:	Melanella
Species:	M. cuspidata
Binomial name
	Melanella cuspidata; (A. Adams, 1854)
Synonyms
	Eulima cuspidata A. Adams, 1854 (original combination);

Melanella cuspidata 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 subulate-pyramidal, whitish, solid, and straight. It has 12 whorls, which are somewhat convex; the body whorl is rounded. The aperture is oblong-oval; the lip is callous and nearly straight anteriorly; the outer lip is acute.

Distribution

This species has a wide distribution and occurs off India, Japan, the Philippines (Cebu Island) and Australia (Queensland)

References

↑ Melanella cuspidata (A. Adams, 1854). 9 September 2026. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
↑ Adams, A. (1854). "Descriptions of new species of Eulima, Triphoris, etc. from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1851 (19): 276. Retrieved 9 September 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp.
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.

External links

Pilsbry, H.A. (1901). "New Japanese marine, land and fresh-water Mollusca". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 53: 396.

[WoRMS-1] Melanella cuspidata (A. Adams, 1854). 9 September 2026. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.

[2] Adams, A. (1854). "Descriptions of new species of Eulima, Triphoris, etc. from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1851 (19): 276. Retrieved 9 September 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.