Melanella nilae

Melanella nilae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Eulimidae
Genus:	Melanella
Species:	M. nilae
Binomial name
Melanella nilae Engl, 2006

Melanella karolinae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in Antarctic waters off South Georgia and the Sandwich Islands.

References

• Engl, W. (2006). Melanella karolinae n. sp., Melanella nilae n. sp. and Hemiaclis katrinae n. sp. - three further bathyal-abyssal Eulimids from the Antarctic (Mollusca, Gastropoda: Eulimidae). Club Conchylia Informationen. 37(3-4): 45-49.
• Engl, W. (2012). Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp.