Traits taxon details
original description
(of ) Da Costa, E. M. (1778). <i>Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, the British conchology</i>; containing the descriptions and other particulars of natural history of the shells of Great Britain and Ireland: illustrated with figures. In English and French. - Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, ou, la conchologie Britannique; contenant les descriptions & autres particularités d'histoire naturelle des coquilles de la Grande Bretagne & de l'Irlande: avec figures en taille douce. En anglois & françois. i-xii, 1-254, i-vii, [1], Pl. I-XVII. London. (Millan, White, Emsley & Robson). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13116783 page(s): 116-117 [details] 
basis of record
Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
basis of record
Landau, B. M.; Ceulemans, L.; Van Dingenen, F. (2018). The upper Miocene gastropods of northwestern France, 2. Caenogastropoda. <em>Cainozoic Research.</em> 18 (2): 177-368. page(s): 313, pl. 143 figs 1-3 [details] Available for editors 
additional source
Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Melanella alba (da Costa, 1778) Specimen from Sagres, Portugal (actual size 14.0 mm).
Unreviewed
To Malacopics (Melanella alba (da Costa, 1778) Bailiwick of Guernsey, Herm, Shell Beach, beached, collected June 1972, ex coll. J. Trausel)
Hosted externally
To Malacopics (Melanella alba (da Costa, 1778))
Hosted externally
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