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

Marginella impudica
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Marginellidae
Subfamily: Marginellinae
Genus: Marginella
Species:
M. impudica
Binomial name
Marginella impudica
Fischer P., 1883
Synonyms
  • Dentimargo impudica (P. Fischer, 1884)
  • Marginella (Semiturriamarginella) impudica P. Fischer, 1884· accepted, alternate representation
  • Marginella impudica var. elongata Locard, 1897
  • Marginella impudica var. major Locard, 1897
Synonyms
  • Marginella impudica var. curta Locard, 1897: synonym of Marginella aronnax Bouchet & Warén, 1985
  • Marginella impudica var. elongata Locard, 1897: synonym of Marginella impudica P. Fischer, 1884
  • Marginella impudica var. major Locard, 1897: synonym of Marginella impudica P. Fischer, 1884
  • Marginella impudica var. marginata Locard, 1897: synonym of Marginella aronnax Bouchet & Warén, 1985
  • Marginella impudica var. minor Locard, 1897: synonym of Marginella aronnax Bouchet & Warén, 1985
  • Marginella impudica var. subturrita Fischer P., 1884: synonym of Marginella subturrita P Fischer, 1884.

Description

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Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Sahara.

References

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  • Cossignani T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408pp.
  • Bouchet, P. & Warén, A., 1985. Revision of the northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Neogastropoda excluding Turridae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Bollettino Malacologico: 120–296, sér. Suppl.1
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