Alaginella

Alaginella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Marginellidae
Subfamily:	Marginellinae
Genus:	Alaginella Laseron, 1957
Type species
Marginella ochracea Angas, 1871
Synonyms[1]
Carinaginella Laseron, 1957 Cassoginella Laseron, 1957 Triginella Laseron, 1957

Alaginella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Marginellidae.^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Alaginella include:

• Alaginella albino (Laseron, 1957)
• Alaginella atracta (Tomlin, 1918)^[2]
• Alaginella borda (Cotton, 1944)
• Alaginella brazieri (E.A. Smith, 1891)
• Alaginella carinata (E.A. Smith, 1891)
• Alaginella cottoni Boyer, 2001^[3]
• Alaginella gatliffi (May, 1911)
• Alaginella kerochuta (Shackleford, 1914)
• Alaginella ochracea (Angas, 1871)
• Alaginella pemphix (Roth, 1973)
• Alaginella pygmora (Laseron, 1957)
• Alaginella umlaasensis (Lussi & G. Smith, 1996)
• Alaginella valida (Watson, 1886)
• Alaginella vercoi (May, 1911)
• Alaginella zeyheri (Krauss, 1852)^[4]

Species brought into synonymy

• Alaginella aupouria Powell, 1937 : synonym of Mesoginella aupouria (Powell, 1937)
• Alaginella sica Cotton, 1957: synonym of Alaginella vercoi (May, 1911)

References

1. Alaginella Laseron, 1957.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 July 2011.
2. Alaginella atracta (Tomlin, 1918).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
3. Alaginella cottoni Boyer, 2001.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
4. Alaginella zeyheri (Krauss, 1852).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.

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