Biology:Melanella attenuata
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Short description: Species of gastropod
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| Shell of Melanella attenuata (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Eulimidae |
| Genus: | Melanella |
| Species: | M. attenuata
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| Melanella attenuata (G.B. Sowerby II, 1866)
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Melanella attenuata 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. [1] [2] [3][4]
Description
The length of the shell attains 11 mm, its diameter 2.25 mm.
(Described as Melanella rossinsulae) The shell is elongately subulate, semi‑opaque, and white. It has 17 whorls, which are flattened, not convex, smooth, polished, and shining. The suture is linear. The columellar margin is oblique. The outer lip (labrum) is acute and slightly bent inwards over the aperture. The aperture is slightly oblique and narrowly, somewhat elongately triangular in outline. [5]
Distribution
This species occurs off the following locations:[1]
- Andaman Islands
- Madagascar
- Western Australia
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Melanella attenuata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1866). 20 August 2026. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ↑ Warén A. (2011). Checklist of Eulimidae. pers. com.
- ↑ Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises, III(fasc. 4). Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales: Paris. 321-636, plates IV-VII pp. (look up in IMIS)
- ↑ Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218.
- ↑ Preston, H.B. (1916). "Report on a small collection of marine Mollusca dredged in shallow water in the Andaman Islands.". Records of the Indian Museum 12 (2): 91. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11131543. Retrieved 20 August 2026.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain:
- Iredale, T. 1914. Report on Mollusca collected at the Monte Bello Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1914: 665-675, 3 text figs
- Cotton, B.C. 1957. Records of uncommon southern Australian Mollusca. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 13(1): 117-130
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q13830122 entry
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