Species Melanella lactea (A. Adams, 1854)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Eulima lactea Adams, A. 1854. Monographs of the genera Eulima, Niso, Leiostraca, Obeliscus, Pyramidella and Monoptygma. pp. 793-825 in Sowerby, G.B. (ed.). Thesaurus Conchyliorum or monographs of genera of shells. London : Sowerby Vol. 2 pp. 439-899. [799, pl. 169, fig. 2].

 

Generic Combinations

• Melanella lactea (A. Adams, 1854). —
  Takano, T., Tanaka, H., Kano, Y. 2019. A new species of Mucronalia (Gastropoda: Eulimidae) parasitizing the ophiocomid brittle star Ophiomastix mixta in Japan. Venus, the Japanese Journal of Malacology 77(1-4): 45-50

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

 

General References

Brazier, J. 1877. Continuation of the Mollusca of the Chevert Expedition, with new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1(4): 283-301 [284]

Kuroda, T. & Habe, T. 1950. Eulimidae in Japan (I), No. 9. In, Illustrated Catalogue of Japanese Shells. Tokyo : Kuroda. [59]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024	LITTORINIMORPHA Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975	02-Nov-2023	MODIFIED	Dr Mandy Reid (ABRS)
01-Jun-2021	EULIMOIDEA	01-Mar-2012	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		25-Jan-2012	MODIFIED