Melanella exulata, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae. The species is one of a number within the genus Melanella.
Description The length of the shell attains 9 mm, its diameter 2.75 mm.
(Original description) The shell is subulate, white, glossy, and generally a little curved or eccentric toward the apex. There are nine whorls, which increase slowly and are slightly convex. The suture is a little oblique and narrowly marginated with a hyaline band. The aperture is inversely ear-shaped. The outer lip (when viewed laterally) is prominently curved and obscurely sinuate near the suture. The columella is a little thickened and united to the end of the outer lip by a very thin callus.
Distribution This marine species was originally found off McMurdo Sound , Antarctica; also off Australian Antarctic Territory (Victoria Land; Ross Sea; off Queen Maud Land).
References
Dell, R.K. 1990. Antarctic Mollusca: with special reference to the fauna of the Ross Sea. Bulletin of the Royal Society of New Zealand 27: 1–311 Engl, W. (2012). Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp.
External links Griffiths, H.J.; Linse, K.; Crame, J.A. (2003). SOMBASE - Southern Ocean mollusc database: a tool for biogeographic analysis in diversity and evolution. Organisms Diversity and Evolution. 3: 207-213 RAMS 2011. Melanella exulata (Smith, 1915). De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds). The SCAR-MarBIN Register of Antarctic Marine Species (RAMS)