Marginella glabella

Species of gastropod

Marginella glabella

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
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 platypus Carriere, 1880
* Marginella poucheti Petit de la Saussaye, 1851
* Marginella ruffina Swainson, 1840
* Porcellana porcelaine Dautzenberg, 1910
* Pseudomarginella adansoni Maltzan, 1880 (junior synonym)
* Voluta glabella Linnaeus, 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[edit]

The length of the shell attains 18 mm.

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## Distribution[edit]

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

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c 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[edit]

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* 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

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q6760484
* BOLD: 641852
* CoL: 3Y5L2
* EUNIS: 60322
* Fossilworks: 92709
* GBIF: 5727495
* iNaturalist: 972838
* IRMNG: 10818679
* OBIS: 140322
* WoRMS: 140322

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