Melanella limata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae.
Description The length of the shell attains 4 mm, its diameter 1.5 mm.
(Original description) The small, thin shell is acute-conic. It is translucent white, polished, with a minute blunt apex and about seven whorls. The suture is distinct, closely appressed and not glazed over. Later whorls are slightly overhanging the succeeding suture. The sculpture of the shell consists of very fine close flexuous incremental lines only visible under magnification. The base is evenly rounded and is imperforate. The aperture is ovate. The thin outer lip is produced medially, rounding into the arcuate inner lip. Dall, W. H. (1927). Small shells from dredgings off the southeast coast of the United states by the United States Fisheries Steamer "Albatross", in 1885 and 1886. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 70(2667): 1-134
Distribution This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Fernandina Beach, Florida; also off Japan.
References
Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
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