Marginella hernandezi

Marginella hernandezi
Shell of Marginella hernandezi (holotype in MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Family:Marginellidae
Genus:Marginella
Species: M. hernandezi
Binomial name
Marginella hernandezi
Rolán & Gori, 2014

Marginella hernandezi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Marginellidae, the marginellids.[1][2]

Description

The shell of the species has grey to black thin lines and its outer part ranges from white to grey.

Distribution

This species occurs off and is endemic to São Tomé & Príncipe Islands, Gulf of Guinea, West Africa.

References

  1. Marginella hernandezi , Rolán & Gori, 2014.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 June 2018.
  2. Rolán E. & Gori S. 2014, 32(1): 1-25.

Further reading

  • Rolán E. & Gori S. 2014. New information on the marginellids of São Tomé and Principe, with new records and the description of four new species. Iberus, 32(1): 1-25.


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