Melanella attenuata 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. Warén A. (2011). Checklist of Eulimidae. pers. com. Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises, III(fasc. 4). Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales: Paris. 321-636, plates IV-VII pp. (look up in IMIS)Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218.
Description The length of the shell attains 11 mm, its diameter 2.25 mm.
(Described as Melanella rossinsulae) The shell is elongately subulate, semi‑opaque, and white. It has 17 whorls, which are flattened, not convex, smooth, polished, and shining. The suture is linear. The columellar margin is oblique. The outer lip (labrum) is acute and slightly bent inwards over the aperture. The aperture is slightly oblique and narrowly, somewhat elongately triangular in outline.
Distribution This species occurs off the following locations: Andaman Islands Madagascar Western Australia
References
Iredale, T. 1914. Report on Mollusca collected at the Monte Bello Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1914: 665-675, 3 text figs Cotton, B.C. 1957. Records of uncommon southern Australian Mollusca. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 13(1): 117-130
External links To World Register of Marine Species