Mammilla melanostoma

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

Mammilla melanostoma
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Naticidae
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, 1791
  • Polinices opaca [sic] (incorrect gender ending)
  • Polynices opacus (Récluz, 1851)
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Description

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Distribution

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This marine species occurs from South Africa to Japan.

References

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  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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