Marginella melvilli

Marginella melvilli
Two views of a shell of Marginella melvilli
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Marginellidae
Genus: Marginella
Species: M. melvilli
Binomial name
Marginella melvilli
Tomlin & Shackleford, 1913

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

This species is endemic to São Tomé and Príncipe.

References

  1. Gasgoigne, A. 1996. Marginella melvilli 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Downloaded on 7 August 2007