Melanella martinii

Melanella martinii, common name the white parasitic snail, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae.^[1]

Melanella martinii
Apertural view of the shell of Melanella martinii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Eulimidae
Genus:	Melanella
Species:	M. martinii
Binomial name
Melanella martinii A. Adams 1854
Synonyms
Melanella candida Marrat, 1880 Eulima candida Marrat, 1880 Eulima martinii A. Adams, 1854

Description

The size of the shell varies between 20 mm and 50 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Red Sea; off the Philippines, Vietnam, Taiwan and Australia (Queensland, Western Australia)

References

1. WoRMS (2011). Melanella martinii (A. Adams in Sowerby, 1854). In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=566128 on 2016-05-23

• Adams, A. 1854. Monographs of the genera Eulima, Niso, Leiostraca, Obeliscus, Pyramidella and Monoptygma. pp. 793–825 in Sowerby, G.B. (ed.). Thesaurus Conchyliorum or monographs of genera of shells. London : Sowerby Vol. 2 pp. 439–899.
• Smith, E.A. 1884. Mollusca. pp. 34–116, 487–508, 657–659, pls 4–7. In, Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the voyage of the H.M.S. 'Alert ' 1881–2. London : British Museum Trustees, printed by Taylor & Francis.
• Odhner, N.H. 1917. Results of Dr E. Mjöbergs Swedish scientific expeditions to Australia. 1910-1913, pt XVII, Mollusca. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm 52(16): 1-115 pls 1-3

External links

• "Melanella martinii". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.