Melanella polita

Melanella polita
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda
Superfamily:	Eulimoidea
Family:	Eulimidae
Genus:	Melanella
Species:	M. polita
Binomial name
Melanella polita (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Eulima altimirai Nordsieck, 1977 Eulima glaberrima Risso, 1826 (dubious synonym) Eulima intermedia Cantraine, 1835 Eulima polita (Linnaeus, 1758) Eulima polita var. recta Requien, 1849 Melanella intermedia (Cantraine, 1835) Melanella recta (Réquien, 1849) Polygireulima polita (Linnaeus, 1758) Rissoa sinuosa Scacchi, 1836 Turbo politus Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination)

Melanella polita is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae. The species is one of multiple known species to exist within the genus, Eulima. ^[1] This species is also known to be one of the first recognized species to be assigned to the major Melanella genus of Eulimidae.

Distribution

This species occurs in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Mediterranean Sea (off Greece).

References

1. Gofas, S. (2014). Melanella polita. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139859 on 2014-12-16

• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213

External links

External identifiers for Melanella polita
WoRMS	139859

• To World Register of Marine Species