Protoginella caledonica

Protoginella caledonica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.[2]

Protoginella caledonica
Shell of Protoginella caledonica (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Marginellidae
Subfamily:
Marginellinae
Genus:
Protoginella
Species:
P. caledonica
Binomial name
Protoginella caledonica
Boyer, 2001[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 8.35 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.

References
  1. Boyer (2001). Novapex 2 (4) : 157–169. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 24 April 2010.
  2. Protoginella caledonica Boyer, 2001. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  • Boyer F. (2001). Espèces nouvelles de Marginellidae du niveau bathyal de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Novapex 2(4): 157-169


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