Melanella hypsela
| Melanella hypsela | |
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| Shells of Melanella hypsela | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Eulimoidea |
| Family: | Eulimidae |
| Genus: | Melanella |
| Species: | M. hypsela |
| Binomial name | |
| Melanella hypsela Verrill & Bush, 1900 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Melanella hypsela is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae. The species is one of multiple known species to exist within the genus, Melanella.[1]
Distribution
This species occurs in the following locations:[2]
Description
The maximum recorded shell length is 8 mm.[3]
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 15 m.[3] Maximum recorded depth is 525 m.[3]
References
- ↑ Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. 2015. Melanella hypsela (Verrill & Bush, 1900). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419846 on 2015-08-27.
- ↑ Queiroz et al. (2013). "New host records to Melanella (Caenogastropoda: Eulimidae) from the Brazilian coast". Marine Biodiversity Records 6: e67. doi:10.1017/s1755267213000407.
- 1 2 3 Welch J. J. (2010). "The “Island Rule” and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
External links
| External identifiers for Melanella hypsela | |
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| WoRMS | 565819 |
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