Marginella glabella

Marginella glabella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Marginellidae
Genus:	Marginella
Species:	M. glabella
Binomial name
Marginella glabella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Marginella (Marginella) glabella(Linnaeus, 1758)· accepted, alternate representation Marginella platypusCarriere, 1880 Marginella pouchetiPetit de la Saussaye, 1851 Marginella ruffinaSwainson, 1840 Porcellana porcelaineDautzenberg, 1910 Pseudomarginella adansoniMaltzan, 1880 (junior synonym) Voluta glabellaLinnaeus, 1758 (original combination)

Marginella glabella is a species of colorful small sea snail, a marine gastropod in the family Marginellidae, the margin shells. ^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 18 mm.

Distribution

This species is found in Northwest Africa, including Cape Verde (doubtful), ^[1] Mauritania, Senegal and European waters, including the Canary Islands. ^[1]

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Marginella glabella (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140322 on 2021-06-23

• Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
• Cossignani T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408pp.
• Boyer F. (2015). Révision des marginelles de Linné (Mollusques prosobranches : Marginellidae et Cystiscidae). Xenophora Taxonomy. 8: 33-55

External links

• Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae
• Dautzenberg P. (1910). Contribution à la faune malacologique de l'Afrique occidentale. Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux. 64: 47-228, pls 1-4
• Petit de la Saussaye S. (1851). Notice sur le genre Marginelle, Marginella, Lamarck, suivie d'un catalogue synonymique des espèces de ce genre. Journal de Conchyliologie. 2: 38-59
• Maltzan, H. von. (1880). Eine neue Molluskengattung. Nachrichtsblatt der deutschen malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 12: 106-109
• Katsanevakis, S.; Bogucarskis, K.; Gatto, F.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Deriu, I.; Cardoso A.S. (2012). Building the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN): a novel approach for the exploration of distributed alien species data. BioInvasions Records. 1: 235-245