Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Littorinimorpha > Superfamily Vanikoroidea > Family Eulimidae > Genus Melanella

Melanella jeffreysii (Tryon, 1886)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Eulima Risso, 1826

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Melanella*	Bowdich, 1822	accepted genus name
*Balcis*	Leach, 1847	synonym
*Eulima (Balcis)*	Leach, 1847	synonym

Species group names

*Eulima platyacme*	Sykes, 1903	synonym
*Eulima solida*	Jeffreys, 1884	synonym; nom. inval.
*Eulima subangulata*	Jeffreys, 1880	synonym; nom. nud.
*Melanella platyacme*	(Sykes, 1903)	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Melanella jeffreysii (Tryon, 1886). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139846

Image

Occurrence

Present

Absent

Doubtful

Native

Introduced

Naturalised

Invasive

Managed

No data

Environment

marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

IUCN:
Red List status DD 2009 This species is data deficient, there is inadequate information to make a direct, or indirect, assessment of its risk of extinction based on its distribution and/or population status according to the red list of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.