Melanella otagoensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae.
Description The length of the shell attains 2 mm.
Distribution This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and accors off South-western North Island, southern South Island, and Auckland Islands, at depths between 11 m and 360 m. References
Powell, A. W. B. (1927). Deep-water Mollusca from south-west Otago, with descriptions of 2 new genera and 22 new species. Records of the Canterbury Museum. 3: 113-124. Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland ( Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
External links Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011). Checklist of the recent Mollusca recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone New Zealand Mollusca: image