Melanella eburnea

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.[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations:[2]

  • New Jersey, USA to São Paulo, Brazil

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. ^ Queiroz et al. 2013. New host records to Melanella (Caenogastropoda: Eulimidae) from the Brazilian coast. Marine Biodiversity Records 6: e67. Preview: [1].


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