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Marginellidae Classification
Class: GASTROPODA
Subclass: PROSOBRANCHIA
Order: CAENOGASTROPODA
Suborder: NEOGASTROPODA
Superfamily: MURICOIDEA
Family: MARGINELLIDAE


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 Marginellidae Subfamilies & Tribes
Marginellinae
  • Tribe: Marginellini

  • Tribe: Austroginellini

  • Tribe: Prunini
    • Marginelloninae

    Subfamily: MARGINELLINAE Fleming, 1828
    Tribe: MARGINELLINI Fleming, 1828 back to menu
    Glabella obtusa (Sowerby, 1846) - Somalia, 28mm - trawled in ± 200 meters of water. Deep and shallow water forms exhibit considerable variation. G. mirabilis is considered by some to be a synonym of G. obtusa. Marginella ornata Redfield, 1870 - South Africa, 32.5mm; the color varies; some are gray, others with rich colors like this illustrated shell. Marginella peelaeMarginella peelae Bozzetti, 1993 - South Africa, 23-24mm; immediately identifiable by the black tick markings along the margin of the lip.
    Marginella sp.Marginella sp. - South Africa, 15mm; a multitude of Marginella species inhabits the waters off South Africa; this specimen is probably an undescribed species, one of many new Marginella that have been discovered by scuba divers during the past number of years in this region.    
    Tribe: Austroginellini Coovert & Coovert, 1995 back to menu
         
    Tribe: Prunini Coovert & Coovert, 1995 back to menu
         
    Subfamily: MARGINELLONINAE Coan , 1965 back to menu
    Afrivoluta pringleiAfrivoluta pringlei Tomlin, 1947 - endemic to South Africa, 86mm; the largest known species of Marginellid; trawled from deep water off South Africa; orignally described as a Volute, thus the genus name.