Demissa nevilli

Demissa nevilli
	Shell of Demissa nevilli (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Marginellidae
Genus:	Demissa
Species:	D. nevilli
Binomial name
	Demissa nevilli; (Jousseaume, 1875)
Synonyms
	Dentimargo lantzi(Jousseaume, 1875); Marginella (Volvarina) inconspicuaG. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1874; Marginella inconspicuaG. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1874 (invalid: junior homonym of Marginella inconspicuaG. B. Sowerby II, 1846; Marginella nevilli is a replacement name); Marginella lantziJousseaume, 1875; Marginella nevilliJousseaume, 1875 (original combination); Volvarina inconspicua(G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1874); Volvarina nevilli(Jousseaume, 1875);

Last updated September 23, 2025

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

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Madagascar and Réunion.

References

1 2 Bouchet, P. (2014). Dentimargo lantzi (Jousseaume, 1875). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=473755 on 2014-12-11

Jousseaume, F., 1875. Coquilles de la famille des marginelles, Monographie. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée 3(3): 164–278; 429–435
Fischer-Piette, E. & Beigbeder, J., 1944. Catalogue des types de gastéropodes marins conservés au laboratoire de Malacologie. VI. Mitridae, Marginellidae, Olividae, Columbellidae et Conidae. Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 16(1): 448–462, sér. 2° série
Cossignani T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408pp.
Boyer F. (2016). Etude d'un nouveau genre de Marginellidae (Mollusca : Neogastropoda) de l'Indo-Pacifique. Xenophora Taxonomy. 10: 31–48.

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[WoRMS-1] 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2014). Dentimargo lantzi (Jousseaume, 1875). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=473755 on 2014-12-11

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Demissa nevilli

Shell of Demissa nevilli (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Marginellidae
Genus:	Demissa
Species:	D. nevilli
Binomial name
*Demissa nevilli* (Jousseaume, 1875)
Synonyms ^[1]
Dentimargo lantzi(Jousseaume, 1875) Marginella (Volvarina) inconspicuaG. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1874 Marginella inconspicuaG. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1874 (invalid: junior homonym of Marginella inconspicuaG. B. Sowerby II, 1846; Marginella nevilli is a replacement name) Marginella lantziJousseaume, 1875 Marginella nevilliJousseaume, 1875 (original combination) Volvarina inconspicua(G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1874) Volvarina nevilli(Jousseaume, 1875)