Marginella lucani is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.[1]
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| Apertural (right) and abapertural (left) views of a shell of M. lucani | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Marginellidae |
| Genus: | Marginella |
| Species: | M. lucani
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| Binomial name | |
| Marginella lucani Jousseaume, 1884
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
editThe shell size varies between 11 mm and 15 mm
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Angola.
References
edit- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Marginella lucani Jousseaume, 1884. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224422 on 2020-12-31
- Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp.
- Cossignani T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408pp.
External links
edit- "Glabella lucani". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
- Jousseaume, F. (1884). Description de mollusques nouveaux. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France. 9: 169-192, pl. 4
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