Melanella martinii

Melanella martinii

Apertural view of the shell of Melanella martinii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda
Superfamily:	Eulimoidea
Family:	Eulimidae
Genus:	Melanella
Species:	M. martinii
Binomial name
*Melanella martinii* A. Adams 1854
Synonyms
'Melanella candida' Marrat, 1880 'Eulima candida' Marrat, 1880 'Eulima martinii' A. Adams, 1854

Melanella martinii, common name the white parasitic snail, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae.^[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 20 mm and 50 mm.

This marine species occurs in the Red Sea; off the Philippines, Vietnam, Taiwan and Australia (Queensland, Western Australia)

↑ WoRMS (2011). Melanella martinii (A. Adams in Sowerby, 1854). In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=566128 on 2016-05-23

Adams, A. 1854. Monographs of the genera Eulima, Niso, Leiostraca, Obeliscus, Pyramidella and Monoptygma. pp. 793-825 in Sowerby, G.B. (ed.). Thesaurus Conchyliorum or monographs of genera of shells. London : Sowerby Vol. 2 pp. 439-899.
Smith, E.A. 1884. Mollusca. pp. 34-116, 487-508, 657-659, pls 4-7. In, Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the voyage of the H.M.S. 'Alert ' 1881-2. London : British Museum Trustees, printed by Taylor & Francis.
Odhner, N.H. 1917. Results of Dr E. Mjöbergs Swedish scientific expeditions to Australia. 1910-1913, pt XVII, Mollusca. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm 52(16): 1-115 pls 1-3

External identifiers for Melanella martinii
WoRMS	566128

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