Melanella borealis
| Melanella borealis | |
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| Shell of Melanella borealis (original image) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Eulimidae |
| Genus: | Melanella |
| Species: | M. borealis |
| Binomial name | |
| Melanella borealis Bartsch, 1915 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Melanella (Melanella) micans borealis Bartsch, 1917 superseded rank | |
Melanella borealis 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]
Description
(Original description) This species is similar to Melanella micans (P. P. Carpenter, 1865) but is uniformly more slender than M. micans occurring to the south.
The species has 12 whorls and measures 11.3 mm. in length and 3.3 mm. in diameter. [2]
Distribution
This species occurs off the Pacific coast of North Amerida off Alaska (Kodiak Island), British Columbia and Vancouver Island.
References
- ↑ Melanella borealis Bartsch, 1917. 22 August 2026. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ↑ Bartsch, P. (1917). "A monograph of west American melanellid mollusks". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 53 (2207): 305. Retrieved 24 August 2026.
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