Melanella teinostoma 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 and straight. it is whitish, shiny and somewhat translucent. It contains 12 flattened whorls, with an impressed line below the sutures; with the body whorl rounded. The aperture is oblong-oval and produced anteriorly. The inner lip is nearly straight and reflected anteriorly; the outer lip margin is dilated in the middle.
Distribution The holotype of this species was found off the Fiji Islands; it also occurs off Japan, Indonesia, Micronesia, Hawaii, New Caledonia and Papua New Guinea.
References
Kuroda, T. & Habe, T. (1950). Eulimidae in Japan. [in T. Kuroda, ed.] IIIustrated catalogue of Japanese shells, 9: 53-60, pl. 10. Severns, M. (2011). Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells. Conchbooks, Hackenheim. 564 pp.
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