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Marginella Lamarck, 1799

138166  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138166)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
  6. Neogastropoda (Order)
  7. Volutoidea (Superfamily)
  8. Marginellidae (Family)
  9. Marginellinae (Subfamily)
  10. Marginella (Genus)
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  1. Species Marginella albocincta G. B. Sowerby I, 1846
  2. Species Marginella bairstowi G. B. Sowerby III, 1886
  3. Species Marginella bicatenata G. B. Sowerby III, 1914
  4. Species Marginella cosmia Bartsch, 1915
  5. Species Marginella diadochus A. Adams & Reeve, 1850
  6. Species Marginella eucosmia Bartsch, 1915
  7. Species Marginella festiva Kiener, 1841
  8. Species Marginella floccata G. B. Sowerby III, 1889
  9. Species Marginella gemmula Bavay, 1912
  10. Species Marginella glabella (Linnaeus, 1758)
  11. Species Marginella helmatina Rang, 1832
  12. Species Marginella henrikasi Bozzetti, 1995
  13. Species Marginella lineolata G. B. Sowerby III, 1886
  14. Species Marginella lucani Jousseaume, 1884
  15. Species Marginella millardi Lussi, 1993
  16. Species Marginella mosaica G. B. Sowerby II, 1846
  17. Species Marginella munda E. A. Smith, 1904
  18. Species Marginella musica Hinds, 1844
  19. Species Marginella nebulosa (Röding, 1798)
  20. Species Marginella ornata Redfield, 1870
  21. Species Marginella orstomi Coomans, 1975
  22. Species Marginella pachista Tomlin, 1913
  23. Species Marginella picturata G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1874
  24. Species Marginella piperata Hinds, 1844
  25. Species Marginella pseudornata Bozzetti, 1992
  26. Species Marginella punctilineata E. A. Smith, 1899
  27. Species Marginella rosea Lamarck, 1822
  28. Species Marginella roseolineata W. H. Turton, 1932
  29. Species Marginella westhuizeni Massier, 1993
  30. Species Marginella xhosa Liltved & Millard, 1994
  31. Species Marginella adela Thiele, 1925 accepted as Volvarina adela (Thiele, 1925) (original combination)
  32. Species Marginella amydrozona Melvill, 1906 accepted as Balanetta amydrozona (Melvill, 1906) (original combination)
  33. Species Marginella amygdala Kiener, 1841 accepted as Prunum amygdalum (Kiener, 1841) (original combination)
  34. Species Marginella angustata G. B. Sowerby II, 1846 accepted as Volvarina angustata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1846) (original combination)
  35. Species Marginella atractus Tomlin, 1918 accepted as Alaginella atractus (Tomlin, 1918) (original combination)
  36. Species Marginella bensoni Reeve, 1865 accepted as Gibberula bensoni (Reeve, 1865) (original combination)
  37. Species Marginella biannulata auctt non O. Fabricius, 1826 accepted as Volvarina bilineata (Krauss, 1848) accepted as Volvarina zonata f. bilineata (Krauss, 1848)
  38. Species Marginella borbonica Jousseaume, 1875 accepted as Dentimargo pumila (Redfield, 1870)
  39. Species Marginella burnupi G. B. Sowerby III, 1897 accepted as Gibberula burnupi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1897) (original combination)
  40. Species Marginella capensis Krauss, 1848 accepted as Volvarina capensis (Krauss, 1848) accepted as Prunum capense (Krauss, 1848) (original combination)
  41. Species Marginella cherubini Bavay, 1922 accepted as Gibberula cherubini (Bavay, 1922)
  42. Species Marginella cleo Bartsch, 1915 accepted as Volvarina zonata f. bilineata (Krauss, 1848) (original combination)
  43. Species Marginella cylindrica G. B. Sowerby II, 1846 accepted as Hyalina cylindrica (G. B. Sowerby II, 1846) (original combination)
  44. Species Marginella decaryi Bavay, 1920 accepted as Ovaginella decaryi (Bavay, 1920) (original combination)
  45. Species Marginella delessertiana Récluz, 1841 accepted as Hydroginella delessertiana (Récluz, 1841) (original combination)
  46. Species Marginella deliciosa Bavay, 1912 accepted as Volvarina deliciosa (Bavay, 1912)
  47. Species Marginella delphinica Bavay, 1920 accepted as Africosta delphinica (Bavay, 1920) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  48. Species Marginella electrina G. B. Sowerby III, 1892 accepted as Hyalina electrina (G. B. Sowerby III, 1892) (original combination)
  49. Species Marginella eveleighi Tomlin & Shackleford, 1913 accepted as Glabella tyermani (Marrat, 1876)
  50. Species Marginella extra (Jousseaume, 1894) accepted as Extra extra Jousseaume, 1894
  51. Species Marginella fallax E. A. Smith, 1903 accepted as Canalispira fallax (E. A. Smith, 1903) (original combination)
  52. Species Marginella inconspicua G. B. Sowerby II, 1846 accepted as Mesoginella inconspicua (G. B. Sowerby II, 1846) (original combination)
  53. Species Marginella ingloria E. A. Smith, 1910 accepted as Volvarina ingloria (E. A. Smith, 1910) (original combination)
  54. Species Marginella lantzi Jousseaume, 1875 accepted as Demissa nevilli (Jousseaume, 1875)
  55. Species Marginella lurida Suter, 1908 accepted as Dentimargo lurida (Suter, 1908) (superseded combination)
  56. Species Marginella majuscula E. von Martens, 1880 accepted as Closia majuscula (E. von Martens, 1880) (original combination)
  57. Species Marginella manceli (Jousseaume, 1875) accepted as Cystiscus manceli (Jousseaume, 1875)
  58. Species Marginella monilis (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Volvarina monilis (Linnaeus, 1758)
  59. Species Marginella neglecta G. B. Sowerby II, 1846 accepted as Dentimargo neglecta (G. B. Sowerby II, 1846) (original combination)
  60. Species Marginella nevilli Jousseaume, 1875 accepted as Demissa nevilli (Jousseaume, 1875) (original combination)
  61. Species Marginella nigrocrocea Barnard, 1969 accepted as Plesiocystiscus aphanospira (Tomlin, 1913)
  62. Species Marginella obscura Reeve, 1865 accepted as Volvarina obscura (Reeve, 1865) (original combination)
  63. Species Marginella ovum Reeve, 1865 accepted as Bullata largillieri (Kiener, 1841)
  64. Species Marginella persicula (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Persicula persicula (Linnaeus, 1758)
  65. Species Marginella pulchella Kiener, 1834 accepted as Gibberula pulchella (Kiener, 1834) (superseded combination)
  66. Species Marginella pumila Redfield, 1870 accepted as Dentimargo pumila (Redfield, 1870) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  67. Species Marginella pygmaea G. B. Sowerby II, 1846 accepted as Mesoginella pygmaea (G. B. Sowerby II, 1846) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  68. Species Marginella reeveana Petit de la Saussaye, 1851 accepted as Glabella reeveana (Petit de la Saussaye, 1851) (original combination)
  69. Species Marginella ringicula G. B. Sowerby III, 1900 accepted as Dentimargo ringicula (G. B. Sowerby III, 1900)
  70. Species Marginella rufula Gaskoin, 1853 accepted as Dentimargo neglecta (G. B. Sowerby II, 1846)
  71. Species Marginella sandwicensis Pease, 1860 accepted as Cystiscus sandwicensis (Pease, 1860) (original combination)
  72. Species Marginella sarda Kiener, 1834 accepted as Closia sarda (Kiener, 1834) (original combination)
  73. Species Marginella savignyi Issel, 1869 accepted as Gibberula savignyi (Issel, 1869) (original combination)
  74. Species Marginella serrata Gaskoin, 1849 accepted as Serrata serrata (Gaskoin, 1849) (original combination)
  75. Species Marginella sueziensis Issel, 1869 accepted as Gibberula sueziensis (Issel, 1869) (original combination)
  76. Species Marginella triticea (Lamarck, 1822) accepted as Volvarina exilis (Gmelin, 1791) (superseded combination)
  77. Species Marginella tyermani Marrat, 1876 accepted as Glabella tyermani (Marrat, 1876)
  78. Species Marginella walvisiana Tomlin, 1920 accepted as Prunum walvisianum (Tomlin, 1920) (original combination)
  79. Species Marginella zeyheri Krauss, 1852 accepted as Alaginella zeyheri (Krauss, 1852) (original combination)
  80. Species Marginella zonata Kiener, 1841 accepted as Volvarina zonata (Kiener, 1841) (original combination)
  81. Species Marginella gennesi H. Fischer, 1901 (uncertain > unassessed)
  82. Species Marginella granum R. A. Philippi, 1849 (uncertain > nomen dubium, invalid: junior homonym of Marginella granum Kiener, 1834)
  83. Species Marginella lineatolabrum Gaskoin, 1840 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  84. Species Marginella virgula Bavay, 1922 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, terrestrial
Lamarck, J.B.M. (1799). Prodrome d'une nouvelle classification des coquilles, comprenant une rédaction appropriée des caractères géneriques, et l'établissement d'un grand nombre de genres nouveaux. <em>Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris.</em> 1: 63-91., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13585626
page(s): 70 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Marginella Lamarck, 1799. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2021) African Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138166 on 2025-11-08
Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025). African Register of Marine Species. Marginella Lamarck, 1799. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138166 on 2025-11-08
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Gofas, Serge
2006-03-30 11:31:32Z
changed
Vandepitte, Leen
2010-03-11 13:34:31Z
changed
Tran, Bastien
2010-12-03 22:31:45Z
checked
Bouchet, Philippe
2013-03-17 22:27:32Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe
2016-03-15 18:04:23Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe

original description Lamarck, J.B.M. (1799). Prodrome d'une nouvelle classification des coquilles, comprenant une rédaction appropriée des caractères géneriques, et l'établissement d'un grand nombre de genres nouveaux. <em>Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris.</em> 1: 63-91., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13585626
page(s): 70 [details] 

basis of record Veldsman, S. G. (2017). Taxonomic reclassification of the genus <i>Marginella</i> Lamarck, 1799 and description of new subgenera (Neogastropoda: Marginellidae). <em>Visaya.</em> suppl. 9: 5-46. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Cossignani, T. (2006). <i>Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World</i>. L'Informatore Piceno. 408 pp. [details] 
 
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