Melanella attenuata

Melanella attenuata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Eulimidae
Genus:	Melanella
Species:	M. attenuata
Binomial name
Melanella attenuata G.B. Sowerby II, 1866
Synonyms
Eulima attenuata G.B. Sowerby II, 1866 Eulima rossinsulae Preston, 1916 Melanella montebelloensis(Iredale, 1914) Melanella rossinsulae Preston, 1916 Subularia montebelloensis Iredale, 1914

Melanella attenuata (Sowerby, 1866)

Melanella attenuata 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 . ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Distribution

This species occurs off the following locations: ^[1]

• Madagascar
• Western Australia

References

1. G.B. Sowerby II, 1866. Warén A. (1984) A generic revision of the family Eulimidae (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). Journal of Molluscan Studies suppl. 13: 1-96. page(s): 56. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=537089 on 2013-03-26.
2. Warén A. (2011). Checklist of Eulimidae. pers. com.
3. Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises, III(fasc. 4). Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales: Paris. 321-636, plates IV-VII pp. (look up in IMIS)
4. Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218.

• Iredale, T. 1914. Report on Mollusca collected at the Monte Bello Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1914: 665-675, 3 text figs
• Cotton, B.C. 1957. Records of uncommon southern Australian Mollusca. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 13(1): 117-130

External links

• To World Register of Marine Species