Biology:Dentimargo reductus

Short description: Species of gastropod

Dentimargo reductus
Shell of Dentimargo reductus (syntype 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:	Dentimargo
Species:	D. reductus
Binomial name
Dentimargo reductus (Bavay, 1922)
Synonyms
Marginella reducta Bavay, 1922 (basionym)

Dentimargo reductus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.

References

• Cossignani T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408pp.
• Espinosa J., Ortea J. & Moro L. (2012) Designación del neotipo de Dentimargo reductus (Bavay, 1922) (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Marginellidae), con la descripción de nuevas especies del género de Cuba y las Bahamas. Revista de la Academia Canaria de Ciencias 23(3): 49–57. [Journal issue for 2011; published April 2012]

External links

• Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas

Wikidata ☰ Q3137822 entry