Biology:Marginella aronnax

Short description: Species of gastropod

Marginella aronnax
Shell of Marginella aronnax (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Marginellidae
Subfamily:	Marginellinae
Genus:	Marginella
Species:	M. aronnax
Binomial name
Marginella aronnax Bouchet & Warén, 1985
Synonyms
Dentimargo aronnax (Bouchet & Warén, 1985) Marginella (Afriamarginella) aronnax Bouchet & Warén, 1985· accepted, alternate representation Marginella impudica var. curta Locard, 1897 Marginella impudica var. marginata Locard, 1897 Marginella impudica var. minor Locard, 1897

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

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Sahara.

References

• Cossignani T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408pp.

External links

• Bouchet, P. & Warén, A. (1985). Revision of the Northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Neogastropoda excluding Turridae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Bollettino Malacologico. supplement 1: 121-296

Wikidata ☰ Q6760450 entry