Melanella aciculata

Melanella aciculata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Eulimidae
Genus: Melanella
Species:
M. aciculata
Binomial name
Melanella aciculata
(Pease, 1861)
Synonyms
  • Balcis kuronamako Habe, 1952
  • Eulima aciculata Pease, 1861 (original combination)
  • Eulima nitidula A. Adams, 1854
  • Eulimaustra anomala Laseron, 1955
  • Melanella anomala (Laseron, 1955)
  • Melanella helena Thiele, 1930
  • Melanella kuronamako Habe, 1952
  • Melanella nitidula A. Adams, 1854

Melanella aciculata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae. The species is one of multiple species known to exist within the genus, Melanella.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Pease, 1861. Warén A. (2011). Checklist of Eulimidae. pers. com. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=566089 on 2013-03-22.
  2. ^ Warén A. (1984) A generic revision of the family Eulimidae (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). Journal of Molluscan Studies suppl. 13: 1-96. page(s): 56


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