Marginella glabella

Marginella glabella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Marginellidae
Genus:	Marginella
Species:	M. glabella
Binomial name
	Marginella glabella; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	Marginella (Marginella) glabella (Linnaeus, 1758)· accepted, alternate representation; Marginella platypus Carriere, 1880; Marginella poucheti Petit de la Saussaye, 1851; Marginella ruffina Swainson, 1840; Porcellana porcelaine Dautzenberg, 1910; Pseudomarginella adansoni Maltzan, 1880 (junior synonym); Voluta glabella Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination);

Marginella glabella is a species of colorful small sea snail, a marine gastropod in the family Marginellidae, the margin shells.^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 18 mm.

This species is found in Northwest Africa, including Cape Verde (doubtful),^[1] Mauritania, Senegal and European waters, including the Canary Islands.^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Marginella glabella (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140322 on 2021-06-23

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Cossignani T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408pp.
Boyer F. (2015). Révision des marginelles de Linné (Mollusques prosobranches : Marginellidae et Cystiscidae). Xenophora Taxonomy. 8: 33-55