Melanella lubrica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae.
Description The length of the shell attains 6.5 mm.
(Original description in Italian) Dall states that the form described and illustrated by Jeffreys is identical to the exotic Eulima oleacea, Kurtz and Stimpson (1851). However, I feel a great reluctance to identify our local shells with those from distant seas, and under this impression, the name lubrica instead of oleacea is proposed for the species under examination.
Distribution This species occurs in the North Sea and the Mediterranean Sea.
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