Melanella oxytata

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Description

Family Eulimidae

Shell highly polished, in some species slightly bent; sutures between whorls so slightly indented that they are barely evident (whorls themselves, moreover, are nearly flat); parasitic on echinoderms , and strictly subtidal .

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia () - C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
    - Branch: Protostomia () - Grobben, 1908
      - Infrakingdom: Lophotrochozoa ()
        Superphylum: Eutrochozoa ()
        Phylum: Mollusca () - (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795 - Molluscs
        Class: Gastropoda () - Cuvier, 1795 - Snails and Slugs
        Subclass: Orthogastropoda () - Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
        Superorder: Caenogastropoda () - Cox, 1960
        Order: Sorbeoconcha () - Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
        Suborder: Hypsogastropoda () - Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
        Infraorder: Ptenoglossa () - J.E. Gray, 1853
        Superfamily: Eulimoidea () - R.A. Philippi, 1853
        Family: Eulimidae () - R.A. Philippi, 1853
        Genus: Melanella () - Bowdich, 1822
        Specific name: oxytata - (Watson, 1883)
        Scientific name: - Melanella oxytata (Watson, 1883)