Melanella maui is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae. The species is one of many species known to exist within the genus, Melanella.
Description The length of the shell attains 2.5 mm.
Distribution This species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs on the Challenger Plateau, west of North Island at depths between 536 m and 785 m.
References
Dell, R.K. (1952). A deep water molluscan fauna from the Tasman Sea. Dominion Museum Records in Zoology 1 (10): 99–107. 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