Biology:Alaginella atractus

Short description: Species of gastropod

Alaginella atractus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Marginellidae
Genus:	Alaginella
Species:	A. atractus
Binomial name
Alaginella atractus (Tomlin, 1918)
Synonyms
Alaginella julia (Thiele, 1925) Marginella atractus Tomlin, 1918 (original combination) Marginella julia Thiele, 1925 (junior synonym) Marginella kowiensis W. H. Turton, 1932 Marginella paula Thiele, 1925 (junior synonym) Marginella zeyheri var. kowiensis W. H. Turton, 1932 (junior synonym) Volvarina julia (Thiele, 1925) (junior synonym) Volvarina paula (Thiele, 1925) (junior synonym)

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

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Port Alfred, South Africa .

References

• Tomlin, J.R. le B. (1918). Descriptions of three new species of Marginella from South Africa, with a note on M. sutoris Dunker. Journal of Conchology 15: 306–307, pl. 10.
• Turton W.H. (1932). Marine Shells of Port Alfred, S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London, xvi + 331 pp., 70 pls.

Wikidata ☰ Q4705582 entry