OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Eulimidae 

Melanella nitens (Brazier, 1877)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Eulima nitens Brazier, 1877

Distribution

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaAustralia (N)Queensland
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaAustralia (N)Torres Strait
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaQueensland
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNE coast

Keywords

depth: continental shelf 

References

 Hedley, C. 1901. p.125 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Ptenoglossa
                      Eulimoidea
                        Eulimidae
                          Melanella Bowdich, 1822
                            Melanella nitens (Brazier, 1877)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=83105) created by juliannao on 2002-12-02. Record last updated by juliannao on 2002-12-02.