Melanella flexuosa 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 (Original description in Latin) The shell is subulate-turreted, white, flexuous, solid, and subopaque. It has 15 whorls, which are flattened and marked by an impressed, somewhat translucent line at the sutures. The body whorl is rounded. The aperture is oblong; the outer lip has a flexuous margin and is produced in the middle.
Distribution This species occurs of the Philippines, Taiwan, Japan and French Polynesia.
References
Okutani T., ed. (2000) Marine mollusks in Japan. Tokai University Press. 1173 pp.
External links
Denver Museum of Nature & Science: image