Persicula persicula

Persicula persicula, common name : the spotted marginella, is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Cystiscidae.[1]

Persicula persicula
Persicula persicula, drawing from Index Testarum Conchyliorum (1742) of Niccolò Gualtieri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Family: Cystiscidae
Subfamily: Persiculinae
Genus: Persicula
Species:
P. persicula
Binomial name
Persicula persicula
Synonyms[1]
  • Marginella persicula (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Marginella punctata (Martini, F.H.W., 1771)
  • Marginella bobi (Fischer von Waldheim, G., 1807)
  • Persicula guttata Link, H.F., 1807
  • Marginella variabilis Schumacher, H.C.F., 1817
  • Persicula variabilis Schumacher, H.C.F., 1817
  • Persicula maculata Swainson, W.A., 1840
  • Persicula persiculocingulata Tournier, 1997

Description

The shell size varies between 13 mm and 25 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Atlantic Ocean along Cape Verde, Mauritania and Liberia.

References
  1. Persicula persicula (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 December 2018.
  • Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda
  • "Persicula persicula". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 5 December 2010.


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