Biology:Melanella bipartita
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Eulimidae |
| Genus: | Melanella |
| Species: | M. bipartita
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| Melanella bipartita (Mörch, 1860)
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Melanella bipartita 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
The length of the shell attains 7.5 mm, its diameter 2.5 mm.
The shell is shining and diaphanous It is flexed to the right. It has 10 flattened whorls, which are divided by a spiral band situated a little below the middle, the upper band being white and the lower band milk-white. The body whorl is subangulated at the periphery. The aperture is piriform, with the outer lip arcuate and produced and the inner lip straight and bearing a callus. The parietal wall is covered with a moderately thick callus, which renders the peritreme complete. A series of impressed varices forms an oblique line on the right side. [2]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Mexico, Costa Rica and Panama.
References
- ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Melanella bipartita (Mörch, 1859). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1460535 on 2020-11-09
- ↑ Bartsch, P. (1917). "A monograph of west American melanellid mollusks.". Proceedings of the United States National Museum 53 (2207): 331. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7553643. Retrieved 1 September 2026.
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External links
- Mörch O.A.L. (1859). Beiträge zur Molluskenfauna Central-Amerika's. Malakozoologische Blätter. 6(4): 102-126
- Skoglund C. (1992). Additions to the Panamic Province Gastropod (Mollusca) literature 1971 to 1992. The Festivus. 24 (supplement): i-viii, 1-169
- González-Vallejo, N.E. (2018). Revisión y aspectos ecológicos de la familia Eulimidae Philippi 1853 (Gasterópoda) de las Costas del Pacífico Oriental Tropical y Atlántico Mexicano. Doctoral thesis, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Mexico. vii + 236 pp.
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