Persicula persicula

Persicula persicula, common name : the spotted marginella, is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Cystiscidae.

Persicula persicula
Persicula persicula
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Cystiscidae
Subfamily:	Persiculinae
Genus:	Persicula
Species:	P. persicula
Binomial name
Persicula persicula (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Marginella persicula (Linnaeus, 1758) Marginella punctata (Martini, 1771) Marginella bobi (Fischer von Waldheim, 1807) Persicula guttata Link, 1807 Marginella variabilis Schumacher, 1817 Persicula variabilis Schumacher, 1817 Persicula maculata Swainson, 1840 Persicula persiculocingulata Tournier, 1997 Prunum roscidum f. spilota Mazyck, 1911 Voluta persicula Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination)

Description

The shell size varies between 13 mm and 25 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Verde, Mauritania and Liberia.

References

• Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda
• Boyer F. (2015). Révision des marginelles de Linné (Mollusques prosobranches : Marginellidae et Cystiscidae). Xenophora Taxonomy. 8: 33-55

External links

• Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata
• Link, D.H.F. (1807-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Adlers Erben.
• Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. Schultz, Copenghagen. iv + 288 pp., 22 pls.
• "Persicula persicula". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 5 December 2010.