Marginella spinacia | |
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Dorsal (left) and ventral (right) views of a shell of M. spinacia | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Marginellidae |
Subfamily: | Marginellinae |
Genus: | Marginella |
Species: | M. spinacia
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Binomial name | |
Marginella spinacia Gofas & Fernandes, 1988
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Synonyms [1] | |
Marginella (Insulamarginella) spinacia Gofas & F. Fernandes, 1988· accepted, alternate representation |
Marginella spinacia is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails. [1]
The shell of Marginella spinacia is quite small, measuring around 6mm to 9mm. [2] [3] The external color of the shell is generally brown, with intricate patterns of red and white that follow the paucispiral's rim. [4] The brown areas have horizontal symmetrical rows of dots, and/or vertical oscillating lines. The shell's outer lip is thickened and denticulate.
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off São Tomé and Príncipe. [1]
Marginella spinacia | |
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Dorsal (left) and ventral (right) views of a shell of M. spinacia | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Marginellidae |
Subfamily: | Marginellinae |
Genus: | Marginella |
Species: | M. spinacia
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Binomial name | |
Marginella spinacia Gofas & Fernandes, 1988
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Synonyms [1] | |
Marginella (Insulamarginella) spinacia Gofas & F. Fernandes, 1988· accepted, alternate representation |
Marginella spinacia is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails. [1]
The shell of Marginella spinacia is quite small, measuring around 6mm to 9mm. [2] [3] The external color of the shell is generally brown, with intricate patterns of red and white that follow the paucispiral's rim. [4] The brown areas have horizontal symmetrical rows of dots, and/or vertical oscillating lines. The shell's outer lip is thickened and denticulate.
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off São Tomé and Príncipe. [1]