Biology:Melanella cunaeformis

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Melanellacunaeformis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Eulimidae
Genus: Melanella
Species:
M. cunaeformis
Binomial name
Melanella cunaeformis
(May, 1915)
Synonyms[1]

Eulima cunaeformis May, 1915 (original combination)

Melanella cunaeformis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae.[1]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off South Australia and Tasmania

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Bouchet, P. (2014). Melanella cunaeformis (May, 1915). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=827853 on 2015-01-04.
  • May, W. L. (1915 [1916]). Additions to the Tasmanian marine Mollusca, with descriptions of new species. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania. (1915): 75-99
  • Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5409094 entry