Melanella adamantina

Melanella adamantina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda
Superfamily:	Eulimoidea
Family:	Eulimidae
Genus:	Melanella
Species:	M. adamantina
Binomial name
	Melanella adamantina; (de Folin, 1867)
Synonyms
	Balcis adamantina (de Folin, 1867); Eulima adamantina de Folin, 1867;

Melanella adamantina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae. The species is one of a number within the genus Melanella.^[1]

First described by Léopold de Folin in 1867 and named by him as Eulima adamantina. Type specimen collected in Panama.^[2]^[3]

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Melanella adamantina (de Folin, 1867)". WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
^ de Folin (1867). Les Méléagrinicoles, espèces nouvelles. Havre: Imprimerie Lepelletier. p. 100.
^ "Mollusca Types Catalogue | Eulima adamantina de Folin, 1867". naturalhistory.museumwales.ac.uk. Retrieved 6 August 2018.

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