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

Hyalina pallida
Hyalina pallida shell
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Marginellidae
Genus: Hyalina
Species:
H. pallida
Binomial name
Hyalina pallida
Synonyms
  • Bulla pallida Linnaeus, 1758 (basionym)
  • Caribeginella flormarina Espinosa & Ortea, 1998
  • Hyalina pellucida Schumacher, 1817
  • Marginella (Volvarina) pallida (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Marginella pallida (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Volvarina tenuilabra (Tomlin, 1917)

Description

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Distribution

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This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles.

References

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  • Espinosa J. & Ortea J. (1998) Nuevo género y nueva especie de Molusco Gasterópodo maginelliforme (Mollusca: Gastropoda) con rádula taenioglossa. Avicennia 8-9: 113–116.
  • Cossignani T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408pp.
  • Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
  • Fehse D. (2012) Caribeginella Espinosa & Ortea 1998 eine Gattung der Trivioidea (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Littorinimorpha)? Conchylia 42(1-4): 49–50.