Marginellidae

Marginellidae
A live individual of Marginella mosaica , head end towards the right
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Volutoidea
Family:	Marginellidae Fleming, 1828
Diversity [1]
2 freshwater species, others are marine

Marginellidae, or the margin shells, are a taxonomic family of small, often colorful, sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Neogastropoda.

Taxonomy

The higher classification of the family Marginellidae has long been in a state of confusion. Many popular works still treat all members of this family under the single genus Marginella, basing them primarily on superficial similarities of the shell.

The confusion over the classification stems from the fact that the earlier classifications were based rather crudely on shell characters. Although many good differential shell characters do exist within this group, those characters were generally misinterpreted or not recognized as significant. Such information as did exist on the radulae and the external anatomy of the living animals was widely scattered in the scientific literature, and internal anatomical descriptions were not available until fairly recently.

In 2019 a new molecular phylogeny of marginelliform gastropods has been established by Fedosov A.E., Caballer Gutierrez M., Buge B., Sorokin P.V., Puillandre N., Bouchet P. ^[2]

Shell description

The shell of Marginellidae is usually small, but varies in different species from minute to medium-sized. The external color of the shell can be white, cream, yellow, orange, red, or brown, and can be uniformly colored, or patterned in various ways. The protoconch is paucispiral. The lip of the shell is thickened, and can be smooth or denticulate. An external varix may be present or absent, a siphonal notch may be present or absent. The columella may have 2-6 plications. The operculum is absent in this family.

Genera

• Janaginella T. Cossignani & Lorenz, 2021
• Subfamily Austroginellinae G. A. Coovert & H. K. Coovert, 1995

• Alaginella Laseron, 1957
• Austroginella Laseron, 1957
• † Conuginella Laseron, 1957
• Hydroginella Laseron, 1957
• Marigordiella Espinosa & Ortea, 2010
• Mesoginella Laseron, 1957
• † Mioginella Laseron, 1957
• Ovaginella Laseron, 1957
• Protoginella Laseron, 1957
• Serrata Jousseaume, 1875
• † Stromboginella Laseron, 1957

• Subfamily Marginellinae Fleming, 1828

• Africosta S. G. Veldsman, 2022
• Dentimargo Cossmann, 1899
• Eratoidea Weinkauff, 1879
• † Euryentome Cossmann, 1899
• Gibbacousteau Espinosa & Ortea, 2013
• Glabella Swainson, 1840
• Marginella Lamarck, 1799
• † Myobarbum Sohl, 1963
• Nudifaba Eames, 1952
• Simplicoglabella Sacco, 1890
• † Stazzania Sacco, 1890
• Volvarina Hinds, 1844

• Subfamily Pruninae G. A. Coovert & H. K. Coovert, 1995

• Balanetta Jousseaume, 1875
• Bullata Jousseaume, 1875
• Closia Gray, 1857
• Cryptospira Hinds, 1844
• Hyalina Schumacher, 1817
• Mirpurina Ortea, Moro & Espinosa, 2019
• Prunum Herrmannsen, 1852
• Rivomarginella Brandt, 1968

Subfamily Incertae sedis

• Demissa Boyer, 2016

Synonyms

• Granulininae G. A. Coovert & H. K. Coovert, 1995: synonym of Granulinidae G. A. Coovert & H. K. Coovert, 1995 (original rank)
• Marginelloninae Coan, 1965: synonym of Marginellonidae Coan, 1965 (original rank)
• CarinaginellaLaseron, 1957: synonym of Alaginella Laseron, 1957
• CassoginellaLaseron, 1957 †: synonym of Alaginella Laseron, 1957
• DeviginellaLaseron, 1957: synonym of Mesoginella Laseron, 1957
• HaloginellaLaseron, 1957: synonym of Serrata Jousseaume, 1875
• NeptoginellaLaseron, 1957: synonym of Hydroginella Laseron, 1957
• Pillarginella Gabriel, 1962: synonym of Hydroginella Laseron, 1957
• PlicaginellaLaseron, 1957: synonym of Austroginella Laseron, 1957
• SerrataginellaG. A. Coovert & H. K. Coovert, 1995: synonym of Serrata Jousseaume, 1875
• SinuginellaLaseron, 1957: synonym of Mesoginella Laseron, 1957
• SpiroginellaLaseron, 1957: synonym of Mesoginella Laseron, 1957
• TriginellaLaseron, 1957: synonym of Alaginella Laseron, 1957
• Cucumis "Klein": synonym of Marginella Lamarck, 1799 (unavailable name)
• FabaP. Fischer, 1883: synonym of Glabella Swainson, 1840 (objective synonym of Glabella)
• LonginellaLaseron, 1957: synonym of Dentimargo Cossmann, 1899 (preoccupied by LonginellaGros & Lestage, 1927 [Ephemeroptera])
• MarginellariusDuméril, 1805: synonym of Marginella Lamarck, 1799
• MarginellusMontfort, 1810: synonym of Marginella Lamarck, 1799 (unjustified emendation of Marginella)
• PorcellanaGray, 1847: synonym of Marginella Lamarck, 1799 (invalid: junior homonym of Porcellana Lamarck, 1801 [Crustacea])
• PseudomarginellaMaltzan, 1880: synonym of Marginella Lamarck, 1799
• VolvarinellaHabe, 1951: synonym of Dentimargo Cossmann, 1899
• Egouana: synonym of Egouena Jousseaume, 1875: synonym of Prunum Herrmannsen, 1852 (invalid: incorrect alternative original spelling)
• EgouenaJousseaume, 1875: synonym of Prunum Herrmannsen, 1852
• GibberulinaMonterosato, 1884: synonym of Bullata Jousseaume, 1875
• LeptegouanaWoodring, 1928: synonym of Prunum Herrmannsen, 1852
• PorcellanellaConrad, 1863 †: synonym of Prunum Herrmannsen, 1852 ( invalid: junior homonym of Porcellanella White, 1852 [Crustacea].)
• VolutellaSwainson, 1831: synonym of Bullata Jousseaume, 1875 (invalid: junior homonym of VolutellaPerry, 1810 [Vasidae])

References

1. Strong E. E., Gargominy O., Ponder W. F. & Bouchet P. (2008). "Global Diversity of Gastropods (Gastropoda; Mollusca) in Freshwater". Hydrobiologia 595: 149-166. hdl: 10088/7390 doi:10.1007/s10750-007-9012-6.
2. Fedosov, Alexander E.; Caballer Gutierrez, Manuel; Buge, Barbara; Sorokin, Pavel V.; Puillandre, Nicolas; Bouchet, Philippe (2019). "Mapping the missing branch on the neogastropod tree of life: Molecular phylogeny of marginelliform gastropods". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 85 (4): 439–451. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyz028.

Further reading

• Adams, Henry and Arthur Adams 1853. In: 1853-1858. The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. John van Voorst, London. 3 vols [1:vi-xl, 1-484; 2:1-661; 3:pls. 1-138].
• Barnard, Keppel Harcourt

1962. A new genus in the family Marginellidae. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 35(1):14-15.

1963. The family position of Afrivoluta pringlei Tomlin. The Journal of Conchology 25(5):198-199.

• Clover, Philip 1974. A new species of Cypraea from West Africa and three new species of Marginellidae from the Indian Ocean. The Journal of Conchology 28(4):213-216, pl.8.
• Coan, Eugene 1965. A proposed reclassification of the family Marginellidae. The Veliger 7(3):184-189
• Coan, Eugene and Barry Roth

1966. The West American Marginellidae. The Veliger 8(4): 276-299, pls. 48-51.

1976. Status of the genus Hyalina Schumacher, 1817 (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Journal of Moluccan Studies 42(2):217-222.

• Cooke, Alfred Hands 1922. On the pseudo-genus Pseudomarginella, v. Maltzan. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London15(1):3-5.
• Coomans, H. E.

1969a. On the identity of Criptospira glauca and the related Cryptospira ventricosa, (Gastropoda: Marginellidae). Basteria 33(5-6):85-92.

1969b. Notes om Marginella spryi. Basteria 39(1-2):23-27.

1975. Marginella orstomi. A new species from deeper water off the coast of West Africa (gastropoda, Marginellidae). Bulletin Zoologisch Museum, Universiteit von Amsterdam vol.4 No.12

• Coomans, H. E. and Philip Clover 1972. The genus Rivomarginella (Gastropoda, Marginellidae). Beaufortia 20(263):69-75.
• Coovert, Gary A.

1986a. Type species list. Marginella Marginalia 1(1):1-3.

1986b. Generic group names. Marginella Marginalia 1(2):5-7.

1987a. The genus Afrivoluta and a review of the type species Afrivoluta pringlei Tomlin, 1947. Marginella Marginalia 2(1):1-8.

1987b. Addenda to Afrivoluta paper. Marginella Marginalia 2(6):39

1987c. Propor usage of the generic names Haloginella, Hyalina, and Volvarina with a diagnosis of the genus Haloginella. Marginella Marginalia 3(1):1-7

1987d. The external anatomy of two species of Caribbean Marginellidae. Marginella Marginalia 3(5):33-37.

1988a. Type species of the genera Austroginella and Mesoginella and their synonyms. Marginella Marginalia 4(2/3):9-26.

1988b. Marginellidae of Florida, Part II. Prunum succinea with a discussion of Prunum and Volvarina. Marginella Marginalia 4(5)_35-42, pl. 1.

• Cossmann, Alexandre Édouard Maurice 1899. Essaid e paléonconchologie comparée. Cossmann, Paris. Vol. 3, 201 p., pls. 1-8.
• Fischer, Paul 1883 . In: 1880-1887. Manuel de conchyologie et de paléontologie conchyologique ou histoire naturelle des mollusques vivantes et fossiles. Libraire F. Savy, Paris. Vol. 2(fascicule 6):513-608, 1883.
• Gofas, Serge 1989. Le genre Volvarina (Marginellidae) dans la Mediterranée et l´Atlantique du nord est. Bolletino Malacologico 25(5-8):159-182.
• Gofas, Serge and Francisco Fernandes

1988. The marginellids of São Tomé, West Africa. Journal of Conchology 33(1):1-30, pls. 1-2.

1992. The Marginellidae of Angola: The genus Volvarina. The Journal of Conchology 34(4):187-198

1994. The Marginellidae of Angola: The genus Marginella. Journal of Conchology 35:103-119

• Gray, John Edward 1847. A list of the genera of Recent Mollusac, their synonyma and types. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1847 pt.15[=17]:129-219.
• Harasewych, M. G. and Y. I. Kantor 1991. Rediscovery of Marginellona gigas (Martens, 1904), with notes on the anatomy and systematic position on the subfamily Marginelloninae (Gastropoda: Marginellidae). Nemouria 37:1-19.
• Hinds, Richard Brinsley 1844. Descriptions of Marginellae collected during the voyage of H.M.S. Sulphur, and from the collection of Mr. Cuming. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1844 pt. 12[= vol. 14].72-77.
• Jousseaume, Felix P. 1875. Coquilles de la famille des marginelles. Monographie. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie, ser.3, 3:164-271, 429-435, pls. 7-8. [Also issued separately, pp. 1–115, pls. 7-8].
• Laseron, Charles F. 1957. A new classification of the Australian Marginellidae (Mollusca), with a review of species from the Solanderian and Dampierian zoogeographical provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 8(3):274-311.
• Redfield, John H.

1852. Description of new species of Marginella, with notes on sundry species of Marginella and Cypraea. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History in New York 5:224-228.

1870. Catalogue of the known species, recent and fossil, of the family Marginellidae. American Journal of Concholoigy 6(2):215-269.

• Reeve, Lovell Augustus 1864-1865. Monograph of the genus Marginella. In; Chonchologia Iconica: or illustration of the shells of molluscous animals. Vol. 15, pls. 2-13 [Aug. 1864], pls. 1,14-27, index, errata [Jan. 1865].
• Sohl, N. F. 1963. New gastropod genera from the late Upper Cretaceous of East Gulf Coastal * Sowerby, George Brettingham II 1846. Monograph of the genus Marginella. In: Thesaurus Conchyliorum, or figures and descriptions of Recent Shells. Sowerby, London. Vol 1(7):239-406, pls.68-78.
• The Academy of Natural Sciences. A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca
• Thiele, Johannes 1904. Pt. B, Anatomisch-systematische untersuchungen einiger Gastropoden, pp. 147–180, pls. 6-9. In: Martens and Thiele. Die beschalten Gastropoden der deutscen Tiefsee-Expedition 1898-1899.
• Tomlin, John Reed le Brockton 1947. A new South African volutid. The Journal of Conchology 22(10):244-245
• Weinkauff, Henrich Conrad 1878-1879. Die gattungen Marginella und EratoIn: Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Cheminitz. 2nd ed. Bauer and Raspe, Nürnberg. Vol. 5(4):1-166, pls. 1-26.

External links

• Coovert G.A. & Coovert H.K. (1995) Revision of the supraspecific classification of marginelliform gastropods. The Nautilus 109(2-3): 43-110
• Fedosov A.E., Caballer Gutierrez M., Buge B., Sorokin P.V., Puillandre N., Bouchet P. (2019 [20 September]). Mapping the missing branch on the neogastropod tree of life: molecular phylogeny of marginelliform gastropods. Journal of Molluscan Studies
• SOARES JR, PAULINO JOSÉ, and Luiz Ricardo L. Simone. "Cladistic analysis of the family Marginellidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) based on phenotypic features." Zootaxa 4648.2 (2019): 201-240.