Melanella polita

Melanella polita
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Eulimidae
Genus:	Melanella
Species:	M. polita
Binomial name
Melanella polita (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Eulima altimiraiNordsieck, 1977 Eulima glaberrimaRisso, 1826 (dubious synonym) Eulima intermediaCantraine, 1835 Eulima polita(Linnaeus, 1758) Eulima polita var. rectaRequien, 1849 Melanella intermedia(Cantraine, 1835) Melanella recta(Réquien, 1849) Polygireulima polita(Linnaeus, 1758) Rissoa sinuosaScacchi, 1836 Turbo politus Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination)

Melanella polita is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae. It was formerly assigned to the genus Eulima . ^[1] This species was one of the first to be assigned to the major genus Melanella 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

• To World Register of Marine Species