Melanella polita

Melanella polita
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda
Superfamily:	Eulimoidea
Family:	Eulimidae
Genus:	Melanella
Species:	M. polita
Binomial name
	Melanella polita; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	Eulima altimirai Nordsieck, 1977; Eulima glaberrima Risso, 1826 (dubious synonym); Eulima intermedia Cantraine, 1835; Eulima polita (Linnaeus, 1758); Eulima polita var. recta Requien, 1849; Melanella intermedia (Cantraine, 1835); Melanella recta (Réquien, 1849); Polygireulima polita (Linnaeus, 1758); Rissoa sinuosa Scacchi, 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

^ 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

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[WoRMS-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

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