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Melanella adamantina

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Species of gastropod

Melanella adamantina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Eulimidae
Genus: Melanella
Species: M. adamantina
Binomial name
Melanella adamantina
(de Folin, 1867)
Synonyms
  • Balcis adamantina (de Folin, 1867)
  • Eulima adamantina de Folin, 1867

Melanella adamantina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae. The species is one of a number within the genus Melanella.

First described by Léopold de Folin in 1867 and named by him as Eulima adamantina. Type specimen collected in Panama.

References

  1. ^ "Melanella adamantina (de Folin, 1867)". WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  2. de Folin (1867). Les Méléagrinicoles, espèces nouvelles. Havre: Imprimerie Lepelletier. p. 100.
  3. "Mollusca Types Catalogue | Eulima adamantina de Folin, 1867". naturalhistory.museumwales.ac.uk. Retrieved 6 August 2018.

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Taxon identifiers
Eulima admantina


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