Marginella lateritia

Marginella lateritia is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.[1]

Marginella lateritia
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. lateritia
Binomial name
Marginella lateritia
Melvill & Sykes, 1903
Synonyms[1]
  • Dentimargo lateritius (Melvill & Sykes, 1903)
  • Glabella lateritia (Melvill & Sykes, 1903)
  • Marginella (Glabella) lateritia Melvill & Sykes,1903

Description

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Andaman Islands

References
  1. MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Marginella lateritia Melvill & Sykes, 1903. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=473865 on 2019-11-18
  • Cossignani T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408pp
  • Boyer F. (2018). Révision des gastéropodes marginelliformes dans le récifal supérieur des Maldives. Xenophora Taxonomy. 21: 22-47 page(s): 24, figs 2–9


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