Melanella solida

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

Melanella solida, common name the solid 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 small and rather straight, ovately subventricose, solid, and white. The whorls are scarcely convex, and the body whorl has a rounded angle. The aperture is small and oval, and the outer lip is thick and a little produced in the middle.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Hawaii.

References

  1. ↑ Melanella solida(G. B. Sowerby II, 1865). 8 September 2026. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. ↑ 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. 3. Retrieved 8 September 2026.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.