Mammilla melanostoma

Mammilla melanostoma is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.[1]

Shell

Mammilla melanostoma
Scientific classification
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Snail
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M. melanostoma
Binomial name
Mammilla melanostoma
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms
  • Mamilla melanostoma (Gmelin, 1791) (wrong spelling)
  • Natica melanochila Philippi, 1852
  • Natica melanostoma (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Natica opaca Récluz, 1851
  • Natica succineoides Reeve, 1855
  • Nerita melanostoma Gmelin, 1791 (basionym)
  • Polinices melanostoma Gmelin, 1791
  • Polinices opaca [sic] (incorrect gender ending)
  • Polynices opacus (Récluz, 1851)

Description

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Papua New Guinea.

References

  1. Mammilla melanostoma (Gmelin, 1791). WoRMS (2009). Mammilla melanostoma (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=569972 on 26 August 2011 .
  • Hollman M. (2008) Naticidae. In Poppe G.T. (ed.) Philippine marine mollusks, vol. 1: 482-501, pls 186-195. Hackenheim: Conchbooks
  • Torigoe K. & Inaba A. (2011). Revision on the classification of Recent Naticidae. Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum. 7: 133 + 15 pp., 4 pls
  • Zhang S.-P. [Suping]. (2016). Fauna Sinica. Invertebrata 56. Mollusca: Gastropoda: Strombacea and Naticacea. Beijing: Science Press. 317 pp., 10 pl
  • Saito H. (2017). Family Naticidae. Pp. 858-866, in: T. Okutani (ed.), Marine Mollusks in Japan, ed. 2. 2 vols. Tokai University Press. 1375 pp
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