Melanella eulimoides

Melanella eulimoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Eulimidae
Genus:	Melanella
Species:	M. eulimoides
Binomial name
	Melanella eulimoides; (C. B. Adams, 1850)
Synonyms
	Rissoa eulimoides C. B. Adams, 1850

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Melanella eulimoides, common name the grooved eulima, 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

(Original description) The elongate-conic shell is white, and translucent, with a spiral line below the suture. It is smooth and shining, and each whorl bears a broad, very obtuse varix that forms a slightly oblique line with the outer lip. The apex is rather obtuse. The spire has a moderately curved axis, which is convex on the left side and rectilinear on the right. There are seven or eight whorls, which are scarcely convex and are separated by a lightly impressed suture. The aperture is scarcely effuse. The outer lip is well excurved, not advanced, and moderately thickened.

Distribution

This marine species was originally found off Jamaica. It occurs in the Caribbean Sea and off the Bahamas and Brazil.

References

↑ Melanella eulimoides (C. B. Adams, 1850). 14 September 2026. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
↑ Adams, C.B. (1850). "Descriptions of supposed new species of marine shells, which inhabit Jamaica". Contributions to Conchology. 7: 115–116. Retrieved 14 September 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, TJensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp.

External links

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[WoRMS-1] Melanella eulimoides (C. B. Adams, 1850). 14 September 2026. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.

[2] Adams, C.B. (1850). "Descriptions of supposed new species of marine shells, which inhabit Jamaica". Contributions to Conchology. 7: 115–116. Retrieved 14 September 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.