Melanella eburnea

Melanella eburnea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
Superfamily: Eulimoidea
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 multiple known species to exist within the genus, Melanella. [1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations: [2]

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: .
External identifiers for Melanella eburnea
WoRMS 565819


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