Marginella impudica

Marginella impudica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Marginellidae
Subfamily:	Marginellinae
Genus:	Marginella
Species:	M. impudica
Binomial name
Marginella impudica Fischer P., 1883
Synonyms
Dentimargo impudica(P. Fischer, 1884) Marginella (Semiturriamarginella) impudicaP. Fischer, 1884· accepted, alternate representation Marginella impudica var. elongataLocard, 1897 Marginella impudica var. majorLocard, 1897

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

Synonyms

• Marginella impudica var. curtaLocard, 1897: synonym of Marginella aronnax Bouchet & Warén, 1985
• Marginella impudica var. elongataLocard, 1897: synonym of Marginella impudicaP. Fischer, 1884
• Marginella impudica var. majorLocard, 1897: synonym of Marginella impudicaP. Fischer, 1884
• Marginella impudica var. marginataLocard, 1897: synonym of Marginella aronnax Bouchet & Warén, 1985
• Marginella impudica var. minorLocard, 1897: synonym of Marginella aronnax Bouchet & Warén, 1985
• Marginella impudica var. subturritaFischer P., 1884: synonym of Marginella subturrita P Fischer, 1884.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Sahara.

References

1. Marginella impudica Fischer P., 1883 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 24 April 2010.

• Cossignani T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408pp.
• Bouchet, P. & Warén, A., 1985. Revision of the northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Neogastropoda excluding Turridae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Bollettino Malacologico: 120–296, sér. Suppl.1

External links

• Fischer, P. (1884 ["1883"]). Diagnoses d'espèces nouvelles de mollusques recueillis dans le cours de l'expédition scientifique du "Talisman. Journal de Conchyliologie. 31: 391–394
• Locard, A. (1897–1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson.
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180–213