Melanodrymia galeronae: Difference between revisions

 

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| image = Melanodrymia galeronae (MNHN-IM-2000-31389).jpeg

| image = Melanodrymia galeronae (MNHN-IM-2000-31389).jpeg

| image_caption = Shell of ”Melanodrymia galeronae” (holotype at MNHN, Paris)

| image_caption = Shell of ”Melanodrymia galeronae” (holotype at MNHN, Paris)

| status= VU

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref=<ref name=”iucn”>{{cite iucn |author=Hanson, N.|author2=Thomas, E.A |date=2021 |title=””Melanodrymia galeronae” |volume=2021 |article-number=e.T157867391A157867495 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T157867391A157867495.en |access-date=10 February 2026}}</ref>

| genus = Melanodrymia

| genus = Melanodrymia

| species = galeronae

| species = galeronae

| authority = Warén & Bouchet, 2001<ref>{{WRMS source|138366|Warén, A. & Bouchet, P. (2001) Gastropoda and Monoplacophora from hydrothermal vents and seeps; new taxa and records. The Veliger, 44, 116–231.|11 April 2010}}</ref>

| authority = Warén & Bouchet, 2001<ref>{{WRMS source|138366|Warén, A. & Bouchet, P. (2001) Gastropoda and Monoplacophora from hydrothermal vents and seeps; new taxa and records. The Veliger, 44, 116–231.|11 April 2010}}</ref>

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==Distribution==

==Distribution==

This marine species occurs on the [[East Pacific Rise]].

This marine species occurs on the [[East Pacific Rise]].

==Etymology==

”M. galeronae” is named after [[Joëlle Galéron]], a chief scientist at [[IFREMER]] on the [[NODINAUT]], an oceanographic cruise ship.<ref name=”waren”></ref><ref>

GALERON Joëlle (2004) NODINAUT cruise, RV L’Atalante, https://doi.org/10.17600/4010060</ref>

==References==

==References==

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[[Category:Melanodrymiidae]]

[[Category:Melanodrymiidae]]

[[Category:Gastropods described in 2001]]

[[Category:Gastropods described in 2001]]

Species of gastropod

Melanodrymia galeronae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Melanodrymiidae.^[3]

The length of the shell attains 3 mm. It is spirallic in shape.

This benthic marine species occurs on the East Pacific Rise.It found at depths between 2,600 metres (8,500 ft) to 2,845 metres (9,334 ft), near hydrothermal vents.^[1][2]

M. galeronae is named after Joëlle Galéron, a chief scientist at IFREMER on the NODINAUT, an oceanographic cruise ship.^[2][4]