Melanella alayoi

Melanella alayoi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
Superfamily: Eulimoidea
Family: Eulimidae
Genus: Melanella
Species: M. alayoi
Binomial name
Melanella alayoi
Espinosa, Ortea & Magaña, 2001

Melanella alayoi 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]

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations: [1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Espinosa, Ortea & Magaña, 2001. Espinosa J., Ortea J. & Magaña J. (2001) Descripción de nuevas especies del género Melanella Browdich, 1822 (Mollusca, Prosobranchia: Eulimidae) del Caribe de Costa Rica y costas de Cuba. Avicennia 14: 120-124. page(s): 122. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=457286 on 2013-03-25.

External links

External identifiers for Melanella alayoi
WoRMS 457286