Marginella glabella

Marginella glabella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Marginellidae
Subfamily: Marginellinae
Genus: Marginella
Species: M. glabella
Binomial name
Marginella glabella
(Linnaeus, 1758)

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

Distribution

This species is found in Northwest Africa, including Cape Verde, Mauritania, Senegal and European waters, including the Canaries.[1]

References

  1. ^ Marginella glabella (Linnaeus, 1758).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140322 on 6 April 2010.