Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Neogastropoda > Superfamily Volutoidea > Family Granulinidae > Genus Granulina

Granulina melitensis Smriglio, Mariottini & Rufini, 1998

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Granulina*	Jousseaume, 1888	accepted genus name
*Cryptospira (Cypraeolina)*	Cerulli-Irelli, 1911	synonym
*Cypraeolina*	Cerulli-Irelli, 1911	synonym

Species group names

*Granulina pusaterii*	Smriglio & Mariottini, 2003	synonym

Literature

original description	Smriglio, C.; Mariottini, P.; Rufini, S. (1998). Description of Granulina melitensis n. sp. (Neogastropoda, Cystiscidae) from the Mediterranean Sea. La Conchiglia. 287: 53-56.
additional source	Boyer F., Renda W. & Öztürk B. (2020). The genus Granulina (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Neogastropoda) from the Turkish coasts with taxonomical notes on some Mediterranean species. Ege Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 37(1): 65-83.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Granulina melitensis Smriglio, Mariottini & Rufini, 1998. 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:140315

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annex II EU Habitat Directive Annex II: Species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.

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