Melanella alba

Melanella alba
	Preserved specimen
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Eulimidae
Genus:	Melanella
Species:	M. alba
Binomial name
	Melanella alba; da Costa, 1778
Synonyms
	Balcis Alba da Costa, 1778 ; Balcis montagui Leach MS, Gray, 1847 ; Eulima alba Da Costa, 1778 ; Eulima anglica G.B. Sowerby I, 1834 ; Eulima gervillei Collard des Cherres, 1830 ; Eulima porcellana A. Adams, 1851 ; Eulima subangulata G.B. Sowerby I, 1834 ; Melanella anglica Sowerby, 1834 ; Melanella laevis Pennant, 1777 ; Melanella montagui Leach MS, Gray, 1847 ; Melanella porcellana A. Adams, 1851 ; Melanella subangulata Sowerby, 1834 ; Melania gervillei Collard des Cherres, 1830 ; Strombiformis albus Da Costa, 1778 ; Turbo laevis Pennant, 1777 ;

Melanella alba is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae. The species is one of many species known to exist within the genus Melanella.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

Description

The measured length of a typical shell of this species generally ranges from approximately 10 mm to as large as 19 mm.

This species occurs in the following locations:^[1]

^ ^a ^b da Costa, 1778. 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 (look up in IMIS). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139832 on 2013-03-25.
^ Warén A. (1984) A generic revision of the family Eulimidae (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). Journal of Molluscan Studies suppl. 13: 1-96. page(s): 55
^ Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se
^ Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp. (look up in IMIS)
^ Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS)
^ Warén A. (2011). Checklist of Eulimidae. pers. com.
^ Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218.