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

Melanella lubrica (Monterosato, 1890)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

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

*Acicularia lubrica*	Monterosato, 1890	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: sylformet pighudesnegl sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: smooth urchin-snail sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Glatte Pfriemschnecke

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.
additional source	Warén, A. (1984). A generic revision of the family Eulimidae (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). Journal of Molluscan Studies. suppl 13: 1-96.
new combination reference	Bouchet, P. & Warén, A. (1986). Revision of the Northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Aclididae Eulimidae, Epitonidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Bollettino Malacologico. suppl. 2: 297-576.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Melanella lubrica (Monterosato, 1890). 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:139849