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

Marginella bavayi
Shell of Marginella bavayi (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Marginellidae
Genus: Marginella
Species:
M. bavayi
Binomial name
Marginella bavayi
Dautzenberg, 1910
Synonyms

Marginella (Mordicamarginella) bavayi Dautzenberg, 1910· accepted, alternate representation

Description

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The length of the shell attains 8 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Mauritania.

References

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  • Cossignani T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408pp.
  • Boyer F. (2017). Un cas d'espèces jumelles allotopiques: Marginella festiva Kiener, 1841 et M. bavayi Dautzenberg, 1910. Xenophora Taxonomy. 15: 45–52.
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