Marginella: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Neogastropoda
- Family
- Marginellidae
- Genus
- Marginella
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Marginella
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Marginella
Marginella is a very large genus of small tropical and temperate sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Marginellinae of the family Marginellidae, the margin snails. It is a type of genus family.
The shells of species in this genus are rounded, smooth and glossy, with a large aperture that appears to be toothed because it shows the edge of the columellar folds. In many species the shells are colorful. The glossy surface of the shell results from the fact that the mantle covers most of the shell when the animal is active. As is typical in the Neogastropoda, the animal has a long siphon. When the animal is active, the foot extends much further out than the edge of the shell.
As is also typical for the Neogastropoda, species in this genus are carnivorous and also predatory.
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
Child Taxa
- Marginella aequinoctialis
- Marginella bicatenata
- Marginella britoi
- Marginella chalmersi
- Marginella chondra
- Marginella fishhoekensis
- Marginella floccata
- Marginella gemma
- Marginella glabella
- Marginella henrikasi
- Marginella hernandezi
- Marginella houtbaaiensis
- Marginella lineolata
- Marginella liparozona
- Marginella lussii
- Marginella melvilli
- Marginella mirandai
- Marginella musica
- Marginella nebulosa
- Marginella ornata
- Marginella peelae
- Marginella piperata
- Marginella rosea
- Marginella rubrovittata
- Marginella san
- Marginella sebastiani
- Marginella spinacia
- Marginella spiralineata
- Marginella textilis
- Marginella visayae
- Marginella zebroides




















