Melanella adamantina

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Melanella adamantina
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Eulimidae
Genus: Melanella
Species:
M. adamantina
Binomial name
Melanella adamantina
(de Folin, 1867)
Synonyms [1]
  • Balcis adamantina(de Folin, 1867)
  • Eulima adamantinade Folin, 1867

Melanella adamantina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae. The species is one of a number within the genus Melanella . [1]

First described by Léopold de Folin in 1867 and named by him as Eulima adamantina. Type specimen collected in Panama. [2] [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Melanella adamantina (de Folin, 1867)". WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  2. ↑ de Folin (1867). Les Méléagrinicoles, espèces nouvelles. Havre: Imprimerie Lepelletier. p. 100.
  3. ↑ "Mollusca Types Catalogue | Eulima adamantina de Folin, 1867". naturalhistory.museumwales.ac.uk. Retrieved 6 August 2018.


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