Melanella hypsela

Melanella hypsela
Shells of Melanella hypsela
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
Superfamily: Eulimoidea
Family: Eulimidae
Genus: Melanella
Species: M. hypsela
Binomial name
Melanella hypsela
Verrill & Bush, 1900
Synonyms
  • Eulima hypsela Verrill & Bush, 1900
  • Eulima engonia Verrill & Bush, 1900
  • Melanella engonia Verrill & Bush, 1900

Melanella hypsela is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae. The species is one of multiple known species to exist within the genus, Melanella. [1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations: [2]

References

  1. Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. 2015. Melanella hypsela (Verrill & Bush, 1900). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419846 on 2015-08-27.
  2. Queiroz et al. 2013. New host records to Melanella (Caenogastropoda: Eulimidae) from the Brazilian coast. Marine Biodiversity Records 6: e67. Preview: .

External links

External identifiers for Melanella hypsela
WoRMS 565819


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