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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.
33 branches of this genus, most-observed first
cloudy marginella
speciesMarginella nebulosa
Marginella glabella
speciesMarginella glabella
Marginella rosea
speciesMarginella rosea
Fish Hoek Marginella
speciesMarginella fishhoekensis
Marginella san
speciesMarginella san
Marginella textilis
speciesMarginella textilis
Marginella sebastiani
speciesMarginella sebastiani
Marginella piperata
speciesMarginella piperata
Marginella floccata
speciesMarginella floccata
Marginella senegalensis
speciesMarginella senegalensis
Marginella ornata
speciesMarginella ornata
Marginella bairstowi
speciesMarginella bairstowi
Marginella aequinoctialis
speciesMarginella aequinoctialis
Marginella bicatenata
speciesMarginella bicatenata
Marginella lineolata
speciesMarginella lineolata
Hout Bay Marginella
speciesMarginella houtbaaiensis
Marginella zebroides
speciesMarginella zebroides
Marginella peelae
speciesMarginella peelae
Marginella chalmersi
speciesMarginella chalmersi
Marginella gemma
speciesMarginella gemma
Marginella liparozona
speciesMarginella liparozona
Marginella melvilli
speciesMarginella melvilli
Marginella chondra
speciesMarginella chondra
Marginella rubrovittata
speciesMarginella rubrovittata
Marginella lussii
speciesMarginella lussii
Marginella musica
speciesMarginella musica
Marginella spiralineata
speciesMarginella spiralineata
Marginella hernandezi
speciesMarginella hernandezi
Marginella mirandai
speciesMarginella mirandai
Marginella spinacia
speciesMarginella spinacia
Marginella britoi
speciesMarginella britoi
Marginella visayae
speciesMarginella visayae
Marginella henrikasi
speciesMarginella henrikasi
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 89746.