Alaginella
Encyclopedia
Alaginella is a genus
of sea snail
s, marine
gastropod mollusks in the family
Marginellidae
.
Species brought into synonymy:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod mollusks in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Marginellidae
Marginellidae
Marginellidae, or the margin shells, are a taxonomic family of small, often colorful, sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Neogastropoda.- Taxonomy :...
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Species
Species within the genus Alaginella include:- Alaginella albino (Laseron, 1957)
- Alaginella atractaAlaginella atractaAlaginella atracta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails....
(Tomlin, 1918) - Alaginella borda (Cotton, 1944)
- Alaginella brazieri (E.A. Smith, 1891)
- Alaginella carinata (E.A. Smith, 1891)
- Alaginella cottoniAlaginella cottoniAlaginella cottoni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails....
Boyer, 2001 - 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 zeyheriAlaginella zeyheriAlaginella zeyheri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails....
(Krauss, 1852)
Species brought into synonymy:
- Alaginella aupouria Powell, 1937 : synonym of Mesoginella aupouria (Powell, 1937)
- Alaginella sica Cotton, 1957: synonym of Alaginella vercoi (May, 1911)