Melanella eburnea

Melanella eburnea
Shell of Melanella eburnea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Eulimidae
Genus: Melanella
Species:
M. eburnea
Binomial name
Melanella eburnea
(Mühlfeld, 1824)
Synonyms
  • Eulima jamaicensis (C. B. Adams, 1845)
  • Helix eburnea Mühlfeld, 1824
  • Melanella jamaicensis (C. B. Adams, 1845)

Melanella eburnea 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.

Description

(Described as Eulima japaicensis) The shell is slender, milky-white, and translucent, encircled by an opaque white sutural band. The suture is linear and moderately deep. There are 13 whorls, which are flat and smooth. The aperture is very small, and the outer lip is expanded.

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations:

References

  1. ↑ Bouchet, P. 2015. Melanella eburnea (Mühlfeld, 1824). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=537003 on 2015-08-27
  2. ↑ Adams, C.B. (1845). "Specierum novarum conchyliorum, in Jamaica repertorum, synopsis". Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 2: 6. Retrieved 13 September 2026. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ↑ Queiroz et al. 2013. New host records to Melanella (Caenogastropoda: Eulimidae) from the Brazilian coast. Marine Biodiversity Records 6: e67. Preview: .