Melanella alba
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| Melanella alba | |
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| Preserved specimen | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Eulimidae |
| Genus: | Melanella |
| Species: | M. alba |
| Binomial name | |
| Melanella alba da Costa, 1778 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Melanella alba is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae. The species is one of many species known to exist within the genus Melanella.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
The measured length of a typical shell of this species generally ranges from approximately 10 mm to as large as 19 mm.