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

Melanella orientalis Agamennone, Micali & Siragusa, 2020

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

MelanellaBowdich, 1822accepted genus name
Balcis Leach, 1847 synonym
Eulima (Balcis) Leach, 1847 synonym

Literature

original description

Agamennone F., Micali P. & Siragusa F. (2020). Melanella orientalis n. sp. (Gastropoda: Eulimidae) from the Eastern Mediterranean. Bollettino Malacologico. 56(2): 172-175.

additional source

Albano, P. G.; Steger, J.; Bakker, P. A. J.; Bogi, C.; Bošnjak, M.; Guy-Haim, T.; Huseyinoglu, M. F.; LaFollette, P. I.; Lubinevsky, H.; Mulas, M.; Stockinger, M.; Azzarone, M.; Sabelli, B. (2021). Numerous new records of tropical non-indigenous species in the Eastern Mediterranean highlight the challenges of their recognition and identification. ZooKeys. 1010: 1-95.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Melanella orientalis Agamennone, Micali & Siragusa, 2020. 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:1473074

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2020-12-28 by Philippe Bouchet

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