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Melanella candida

Melanella martinii
Melanella candida 002.jpg
Apertural view of the shell of Melanella martinii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
Superfamily: Eulimoidea
Family: Eulimidae
Genus: Melanella
Species: M. martinii
Binomial name
Melanella martinii
A. Adams 1854
Synonyms
  • 'Melanella candida' Marrat, 1880
  • 'Eulima candida' Marrat, 1880
  • 'Eulima martinii' A. Adams, 1854

Melanella martinii, common name the white parasitic snail, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae.

The size of the shell varies between 20 mm and 50 mm.

This marine species occurs in the Red Sea; off the Philippines, Vietnam, Taiwan and Australia (Queensland, Western Australia)



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