Melanella amblytera 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]

Melanella amblytera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Eulimidae
Genus: Melanella
Species:
M. amblytera
Binomial name
Melanella amblytera
(Verrill & Bush, 1900)
Synonyms[1]
  • Eulima amblytera Verrill & Bush, 1900
  • Polygireulima amblytera (Verrill & Bush, 1900)

Distribution edit

This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Caribbean Sea; also in the tropical Northwestern Atlantic: Floridian, Bermuda, Bahamian, Southern Caribbean; tropical Southwestern Atlantic: Eastern Brazil.

References edit

  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Melanella amblytera (Verrill & Bush, 1900). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=566095 on 2020-11-10
  • Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

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