Melanella convexa

Melanella convexa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
Superfamily: Eulimoidea
Family: Eulimidae
Genus: Melanella
Species: M. convexa
Binomial name
Melanella convexa
E. A. Smith, 1907
Synonyms
  • Eulima convexa E. A. Smith, 1907

Melanella convexa 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. This species is mainly distributed throughout the seas and oceans south of the Antarctic Circle. [1][2][3]

References

  1. E. A. Smith, 1907. Southern Ocean Mollusc Database (SOMBASE), available online at http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/BAS_Science/programmes2000-2005/ABPPF/SOMBASE. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=197275 on 2013-04-01.
  2. Engl W. (2012) Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp.
  3. Warén A. (2011). Checklist of Eulimidae. pers. com.


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