Biology:Melanella polita

Short description: Species of gastropod

Melanella polita
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Eulimidae
Genus:	Melanella
Species:	M. polita
Binomial name
Melanella polita (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Eulima altimirai Nordsieck, 1977 Eulima glaberrima Risso, 1826 (dubious synonym) Eulima intermedia Cantraine, 1835 Eulima polita (Linnaeus, 1758) Eulima polita var. recta Requien, 1849 Melanella intermedia (Cantraine, 1835) Melanella recta (Réquien, 1849) Polygireulima polita (Linnaeus, 1758) Rissoa sinuosa Scacchi, 1836 Turbo politus Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination)

Melanella polita is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae. It was formerly assigned to the genus Eulima. This species was one of the first to be assigned to the major genus Melanella of Eulimidae.

Distribution

This species occurs in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Mediterranean Sea (off Greece).

References

• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213

External links

• To World Register of Marine Species

Wikidata ☰ Q10580299 entry