Marginella mosaica, commonly known as the mosaic marginella, is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae.[1]
Marginella mosaica | |
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A live individual of Marginella mosaica | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Marginellidae |
Genus: | Marginella |
Species: | M. mosaica
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Binomial name | |
Marginella mosaica Sowerby II, 1846
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Synonyms | |
Marginella langleyi Sowerby III, 1892 |
References
edit- ^ Veldsman, Stephan (July 2019). Taxonomic review of the genus Marginella: dividing the African coast into marine provinces and sub-provinces (PhD thesis). University of Pretoria.