Melanella eulimoides
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| Melanella eulimoides | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Eulimidae |
| Genus: | Melanella |
| Species: | M. eulimoides |
| Binomial name | |
| Melanella eulimoides (C. B. Adams, 1850) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Rissoa eulimoides C. B. Adams, 1850 | |
Melanella eulimoides, common name the grooved eulima, 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]
Description
[edit](Original description) The elongate-conic shell is white, and translucent, with a spiral line below the suture. It is smooth and shining, and each whorl bears a broad, very obtuse varix that forms a slightly oblique line with the outer lip. The apex is rather obtuse. The spire has a moderately curved axis, which is convex on the left side and rectilinear on the right. There are seven or eight whorls, which are scarcely convex and are separated by a lightly impressed suture. The aperture is scarcely effuse. The outer lip is well excurved, not advanced, and moderately thickened. [2]
Distribution
[edit]This marine species was originally found off Jamaica. It occurs in the Caribbean Sea and off the Bahamas and Brazil.
References
[edit]- ↑ Melanella eulimoides (C. B. Adams, 1850). 14 September 2026. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ↑ Adams, C.B. (1850). "Descriptions of supposed new species of marine shells, which inhabit Jamaica". Contributions to Conchology. 7: 115–116. Retrieved 14 September 2026.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, TJensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp.
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