Melanella roegerae, common name the Roeger's eulima, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae.
Description The length of the shell attains 14 mm, its diameter 3.5 mm.
(Original description) The shell is elongate, pyramidal, solid, shining, smooth, and opaque white, except for exceedingly fine lines of growth. The protoconch is small, oblique, smooth, and consists of two whorls. There are eleven adult whorls, which are very slightly convex, with the body whorl being rather small; the base is smooth. The suture is narrow, margined, and not impressed. The aperture is pyriform; the outer lip is acute and a little produced anteriorly, while the inner lip is reflexed and narrow.
Distribution This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off South Australia.
References
Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp. Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp.