Marginella rosea

Marginella rosea
A live individual of Marginella rosea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Marginellidae
Subfamily: Marginellinae
Genus: Marginella
Species: M. rosea
Binomial name
Marginella rosea
Lamarck, 1822

Marginella rosea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.[1]

Description

Two views of a shell of Marginella rosea

References


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