Melanella retrorsa

Melanella retrorsa
Drawing of a shell of Melanella retrorsa (original image)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Eulimidae
Genus:	Melanella
Species:	M. retrorsa
Binomial name
Melanella retrorsa (G. B. Sowerby II, 1865)
Synonyms
Eulima retrorsa G. B. Sowerby II, 1865

Melanella retrorsa, common name the recurved Eulima, 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) The shell is solid, small, and narrow, pale fawn above, with the apex bent backward. The whorls are flat and rather straight. The aperture is small and oval-oblong, and the outer lip is rather thickened and nearly straight. <ref>Sowerby, G.B. II (1865–1866). Monograph of the genus Eulima. In: Conchologia iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 15, pls. 1-6 and unpaginated text. London: Reeve & co. p. pl. 4. Retrieved 8 September 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.</ref

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Society Islands.

References

External links

• Lester, R.J.G. & Sewell, K.B. (1989). "Checklist of parasites from Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef". Australian Journal of Zoology. 37 (1): 101–128. Bibcode:1989AuJZ...37..101L. doi:10.1071/zo9890101.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)