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Marginella Lamarck, 1799

138166 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138166)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia
  3. Mollusca
  4. Gastropoda
  5. Caenogastropoda
  6. Neogastropoda
  7. Volutoidea
  8. Marginellidae
  9. Marginellinae
  10. Marginella
accepted
Genus
Voluta glabella Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Marginella glabella (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by monotypy)
Marginellidae J. Fleming, 1828
Marginellinae J. Fleming, 1828
Porcellana da Costa, 1776 · unaccepted > nomen oblitum

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  1. Species Marginella agadirensis T. Cossignani, 2022
  2. Species Marginella aronnax Bouchet & Warén, 1985
  3. Species Marginella carmenae Ortega & Gofas, 2019
  4. Species Marginella colomborum (Bozzetti, 1995)
  5. Species Marginella glabella (Linnaeus, 1758)
  6. Species Marginella gustavoi Pérez-Dionis, Ortea & Espinosa, 2009
  7. Species Marginella impudica P. Fischer, 1884
  8. Species Marginella irrorata Menke, 1828
  9. Species Marginella limbata Lamarck, 1822
  10. Species Marginella marocana Locard, 1897
  11. Species Marginella pulex Ortega & Gofas, 2019
  12. Species Marginella subturrita P. Fischer, 1884
  13. Species Marginella velai T. Cossignani & Ahuir, 2020
  14. Subgenus Marginella (Volvarina) Hinds, 1844 accepted as Volvarina Hinds, 1844 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
    1. Species Marginella (Volvarina) nitida Hinds, 1844 accepted as Volvarina mitrella (Risso, 1826) (synonym)
  15. Species Marginella ambigua Bavay, 1912 accepted as Volvarina ampelusica Monterosato, 1906 (dubious synonym)
  16. Species Marginella anglica Leach, 1847 accepted as Erato voluta (Montagu, 1803) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  17. Species Marginella auriculata Ménard de la Groye, 1811 accepted as Ringicula auriculata (Ménard de la Groye, 1811) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  18. Species Marginella biplicata Risso, 1826 accepted as Ringicula auriculata (Ménard de la Groye, 1811) (dubious synonym)
  19. Species Marginella caelata Monterosato, 1877 accepted as Gibberula caelata (Monterosato, 1877)
  20. Species Marginella calameli Jousseaume, 1872 accepted as Volvarina mitrella (Risso, 1826) (synonym)
  21. Species Marginella canaryensis Clover, 1972 accepted as Persicula canaryensis (Clover, 1972)
  22. Species Marginella candida Bivona e Bernardi, 1832 accepted as Ringicula auriculata (Ménard de la Groye, 1811) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  23. Species Marginella epigrus Reeve, 1865 accepted as Gibberula epigrus (Reeve, 1865) (original combination)
  24. Species Marginella guancha A. d'Orbigny, 1840 accepted as Granulina guancha (A. d'Orbigny, 1840) (original combination)
  25. Species Marginella hesperia Sykes, 1905 accepted as Dentimargo hesperia (Sykes, 1905)
  26. Species Marginella inflexa G. B. Sowerby II, 1846 accepted as Volvarina mitrella (Risso, 1826) (synonym)
  27. Species Marginella jousseaumei Locard, 1897 accepted as Marginella subturrita P. Fischer, 1884 (synonym)
  28. Species Marginella laevis (Donovan, 1804) accepted as Erato voluta (Montagu, 1803)
  29. Species Marginella miliaria (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Gibberula miliaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
  30. Species Marginella miliaris [sic] accepted as Gibberula miliaria (Linnaeus, 1758) (misspelling)
  31. Species Marginella minuta R. A. Philippi, 1844 accepted as Gibberula philippii (Monterosato, 1878) (unaccepted > junior homonym, junior homonym of Marginella minuta Gray, 1827, and M. minuta L. Pfeiffer, 1840; Marginella philippii is a replacement name)
  32. Species Marginella occulta Monterosato, 1869 accepted as Granulina occulta (Monterosato, 1869) (original combination)
  33. Species Marginella olivaeformis Kiener, 1834 accepted as Prunum olivaeforme (Kiener, 1834) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  34. Species Marginella philippii Monterosato, 1878 accepted as Gibberula philippii (Monterosato, 1878)
  35. Species Marginella secalina R. A. Philippi, 1844 accepted as Volvarina mitrella (Risso, 1826) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  36. Species Marginella turgidula Locard & Caziot, 1900 accepted as Gibberula turgidula (Locard & Caziot, 1900)
  37. Species Marginella vignali Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896 accepted as Gibberula vignali (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, terrestrial
Lamarck, J.B.M. (1799). Prodrome d'une nouvelle classification des coquilles, comprenant une rédaction appropriée des caractères géneriques, et l'établissement d'un grand nombre de genres nouveaux. <em>Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris.</em> 1: 63-91., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13585626
page(s): 70 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Marginella Lamarck, 1799. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org//www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138166 on 2026-08-14
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Marginella Lamarck, 1799. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=138166 on 2026-08-14
Date
action
by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Gofas, Serge
2006-03-30 11:31:32Z
changed
Vandepitte, Leen
2010-03-11 13:34:31Z
changed
Tran, Bastien
2010-12-03 22:31:45Z
checked
Bouchet, Philippe
2013-03-17 22:27:32Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe
2016-03-15 18:04:23Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe

original description Lamarck, J.B.M. (1799). Prodrome d'une nouvelle classification des coquilles, comprenant une rédaction appropriée des caractères géneriques, et l'établissement d'un grand nombre de genres nouveaux. <em>Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris.</em> 1: 63-91., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13585626
page(s): 70 [details] 

original description (of Porcellana da Costa, 1776) da Costa, E. M. (1776). Elements of conchology: or, an introduction to the knowledge of shells. London: Benjamin White. viii + 318 + [1] pp., 7 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12926449
page(s): 177, 297 [details] 

basis of record Veldsman, S. G. (2017). Taxonomic reclassification of the genus <i>Marginella</i> Lamarck, 1799 and description of new subgenera (Neogastropoda: Marginellidae). <em>Visaya.</em> suppl. 9: 5-46. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Cossignani, T. (2006). <i>Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World</i>. L'Informatore Piceno. 408 pp. [details] 
 
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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Marginella) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Porcellana) (from synonym Porcellana da Costa, 1776)
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To NMNH Extant Collection (Marginella sp., shell, dorsal view) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Marginella sp., shell, lateral view) 
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