Alaginella atractus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.[1]
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| Shell of Alaginella atractus (specimen in the Natural History Museum Rotterdam) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Marginellidae |
| Genus: | Alaginella |
| Species: | A. atractus
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| Alaginella atractus (Tomlin, 1918)
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 7.2 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off Port Alfred, South Africa.
References
edit- ^ Alaginella atractus (Tomlin, 1918). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- Tomlin, J.R. le B. (1918). Descriptions of three new species of Marginella from South Africa, with a note on M. sutoris Dunker. Journal of Conchology 15: 306–307, pl. 10.
- Turton W.H. (1932). Marine Shells of Port Alfred, S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London, xvi + 331 pp., 70 pls.
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