Melanella acicula

Melanella acicula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
Superfamily: Eulimoidea
Family: Eulimidae
Genus: Melanella
Species: M. acicula
Binomial name
Melanella acicula
Gould, 1849
Synonyms
  • Cuspeulima iredalei Laseron, 1955
  • Eulima pisorum Pilsbry, 1917
  • Eulima vitrea A. Adams, 1854
  • Leiostraca aciculata [sic] (misspelling)
  • Melanella aciculata [sic] (misspelling)
  • Melanella iredalei Laseron, 1955
  • Melanella pisorum Pilsbry, 1917
  • Stilifer acicula Gould, 1859

Melanella acicula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae. This species is one of many species known to exist within the genus, Melanella. [1][2]

References

  1. ↑ Gould, 1849. Warén A. (1984) A generic revision of the family Eulimidae (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). Journal of Molluscan Studies suppl. 13: 1-96. page(s): 56. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=537004 on 2013-03-22.
  2. ↑ Warén A. (2011). Checklist of Eulimidae. pers. com.

External links

External identifiers for Melanella acicula
WoRMS 537004