Marginella virgula
Shell of Marginella virgula (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Marginellidae
Subfamily:
Marginellinae
Genus:
Marginella
Species:
M. virgula
Binomial name
Marginella virgula
Jousseaume, 1922

Marginella virgula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.[1]

This is a taxon inquirendum.

Description

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea off Djibouti and Yemen.

References

  • Dautzenberg P. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises, 3(4): 321–636, pls 4–7. Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales, Paris
  • Roth, B. & Clover, P. W., 1973. A review of the Marginellidae described by Bavay, 1903–1922. The Veliger 16(2): 207-215


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