The differences with the bathyal G. minusculina (Locard, 1898) are not obvious, the morphological variation ranges overlapping each other; the shell seems to be less inflated in melitensis, with a more narrowed base and thinner labial denticles; the most distinctive feature of melitensis may consist in « the outer part of the upper margin forming a bent profile, tilting towards the dorsum » (Boyer, Renda & Öztürk: “The genus Granulina (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Neogastropoda) from the Turkish coasts with taxonomical notes on some Mediterranean species”, Ege Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences vol.37(1), İzmir 2020, p.74). – Above and below: 80m deep, on detritic bottom, off Ierápetra, SE. Crete. 2,2mm.