Melanella candida
| Melanella martinii | |
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| Apertural view of the shell of Melanella martinii | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Eulimoidea |
| Family: | Eulimidae |
| Genus: | Melanella |
| Species: | M. martinii |
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Melanella martinii A. Adams 1854 |
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Melanella martinii, common name the white parasitic snail, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae.
The size of the shell varies between 20 mm and 50 mm.
This marine species occurs in the Red Sea; off the Philippines, Vietnam, Taiwan and Australia (Queensland, Western Australia)
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