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

Alaginella pemphix
Shell of Alaginella pemphix
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Marginellidae
Genus: Alaginella
Species:
A. pemphix
Binomial name
Alaginella pemphix
(B. Roth, 1973)
Synonyms
  • Marginella ovata Thiele, 1925 (invalid: junior homonym of Marginella ovata of Lee, 1833, Emmons, 1858 and Harris, 1897, Marginella pemphix B. Roth, 1973 is a replacement name)
  • Marginella pemphix B. Roth, 1973 (replacement name for Marginella ovata Thiele, 1925 not Lea, 1833, Emmons, 1858 nor Harris, 1897)

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off East Africa

References

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  • Thiele, J. (1925). Gastropoden der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. II Teil (17 (2) ed.). Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898-1899. pp. 35–382.
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  • Roth, B. (1973). "Nomenclatural changes in Marginellidae". Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology. 10 (12): 111–112.