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
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Naticoidea
Family:
Naticidae
Subfamily:
Snail
Genus:
Mammilla
Species:
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

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 .
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