| Marginella aequinoctialis | |
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| Shell of Marginella aequinoctialis (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Marginellidae |
| Genus: | Marginella |
| Species: | M. aequinoctialis |
| Binomial name | |
| Marginella aequinoctialis Boyer & Simbille, 2004[1] | |
Marginella aequinoctialis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.[2]
This species has not, so far (2017) been formally reassigned to Glabella Swainson, 1840 but belongs there as being a sibling species of Glabella bellii (G.B. Sowerby II, 1846) [2]
Description
The length of the shell attains 10.9 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Gabon at a depth of 25 m.
References
- ↑ Boyer & Simbille. 2004. Bollettino Malacologico 40(5–8) : 80-87. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 24 April 2010.
- 1 2 Marginella aequinoctialis Boyer & Simbille, 2004. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- Boyer F. & Simbille C., 2004. A propos d'une espèce jumelle de Marginella bellii Sowerby, 1846. Bollettino Malacologico, 40 (5-8): 80-87
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