Marginella melvilli
| Marginella melvilli | |
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| Two views of a shell of Marginella melvilli | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Marginellidae |
| Genus: | Marginella |
| Species: | M. melvilli |
| Binomial name | |
| Marginella melvilli Tomlin & Shackleford, 1913 | |
Marginella melvilli is a species of colorful small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae.
This species is endemic to São Tomé and Príncipe.
References
- ↑ Gasgoigne, A. 1996. Marginella melvilli 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Downloaded on 7 August 2007
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