Melanella praecurta (Pallary, 1904)
Mediterranean.
Ectoparasite of some Holoturians in the infralittoral.
Original taxon: Eulima praecurta.
Profile curved on one side, straight on the opposite. On face view, the labial margin does not extend beyond the side. – 3m deep, Anse des Fossettes, at the root of the eastern peninsula, Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, Alpes-Maritimes, SE. France. 5,1mm.
Syntype MNHN-IM-2000-5681 from Sfax, Tunisia, in the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle de Paris (France). Original picture provided by M. Caballer for the MNHN – (CC BY).

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