Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Neogastropoda > Superfamily Muricoidea > Family Marginellidae > Subfamily Marginellinae > Genus Marginella

Marginella marocana Locard, 1897

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Marginella*	Lamarck, 1799	accepted genus name
*Porcellana*	Gray, 1847	synonym

Species group names

*Marginella marocana var. curta*	Locard, 1897	synonym
*Marginella marocana var. elongata*	Locard, 1897	synonym

Literature

original description	Locard A. (1897-1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson. vol. 1 [1897], p. 1-516 pl. 1-22; vol. 2 [1898], p. 1-515, pl. 1-18.
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
additional source	Cossignani T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408pp.

Genbank

Taxonomy

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External Links

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Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Marginella marocana Locard, 1897. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140326