''Melanella'' is a

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of very small

ectoparasitic Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives (at least some of the time) on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The en ...

sea snail Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...

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gastropod Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...

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Eulimidae Eulimidae is a family of very small parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Vanikoroidea. Description These small parasitic snails live on (or in some cases in) the bodies of echinoderms such as sea cucumbers, se ...

.Gofas, S. (2011). Melanella Bowdich, 1822. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137978 on 04 December 2022

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus ''Melanella'': Melanella candida 001

The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database also includes the following species with names in current useOBIS : Melanella
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Melanella australiensis ''Melanella'' is a genus of very small Ectoparasite, ectoparasitic sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family (biology), family Eulimidae.Gofas, S. (2011). Melanella Bowdich, 1822. Accessed through: Worl ...

'' (Thiele, 1930) * '' Melanella campyla'' (Watson, 1883) * '' Melanella carneola'' (Gould, 1861 in 1859–61) * '' Melanella curvata'' (A. Adams, 1861-b) * '' Melanella dentaliopsis'' (A. Adams, 1861-b) * '' Melanella flexa'' (A. Adams, 1861-b) * '' Melanella labiosa'' (Sowerby II, 1834-b) * '' Melanella musta'' (Yokoyama, 1928) * ''Melanella nivea'' (A. Adams, 1861): species inquirenda * '' Melanella oblonga'' (Boettger) * '' Melanella pinguicula'' (A. Adams, 1861) * '' Melanella reclinata'' (A. Adams, 1861) * '' Melanella scitula'' (A. Adams, 1861-b) * '' Melanella semitorta'' (A. Adams, 1861-b) * '' Melanella stenostoma'' (A. Adams, 1861-b) * '' Melanella stylata'' (A. Adams, 1861-b) * '' Melanella valida'' (A. Adams, 1861-b) * '' Melanella venusta'' (Pease, 1868-b)

References

* Leach, 1847 n GrayAnnals and Magazine of Natural History, 20: 271; Placed on the Official List by Opinion 1739, 1993, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 50(3): 242 * Warén A. (1984) ''A generic revision of the family Eulimidae (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia)''. Journal of Molluscan Studies suppl. 13: 1–96. page(s): 54 * 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

Bowdich, T.E. 1822. ''Elements of Conchology, including the fossil genera and animals. Part 1. Univalves''. Paris : Smith pp. i–xi, 14–73, index 1–3, 19 pls, 2 tables

Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1847) 15: 129-219

Laseron, C. 1955. ''Revision of the New South Wales eulimoid shells.'' The Australian Zoologist 12(2): 83–107, pls 1–3, figs 1–78
5–86, 101 uliamaustra is an alternative original spelling (p. 85); spelling Eulimaustra selected by First Reviser action by McMichael & Whitley, 1961, The Marine Zoologist, 1(8): 124
Serge GOFAS, Ángel A. LUQUE, Joan Daniel OLIVER, José TEMPLADO & Alberto SERRA (2021) - The Mollusca of Galicia Bank (NE Atlantic Ocean); European Journal of Taxonomy 785: 1–114
{{Taxonbar, from=Q3141178 Gastropod genera Taxa named by Thomas Edward Bowdich