Melanella conoidea

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Melanella conoidea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
Superfamily: Eulimoidea
Genus: Melanella
Species: M. conoidea
Binomial name
Melanella conoidea
Kurtz & Stimpson, 1851
Synonyms
  • Eulima conoidea Kurtz & Stimpson, 1851
  • Odostomia alba Calkins, 1878

Melanella conoidea 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]

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations: [1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kurtz & Stimpson, 1851. Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 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. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419843 on 2013-04-01.
  2. Warén A. (2011). Checklist of Eulimidae. pers. com.

External links

External identifiers for Melanella conoidea
WoRMS 419843


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