Marginella piperata

Marginella piperata
Marginella piperata
Apertural (right) and abapertural (left) views of a shell of M. piperata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Marginellidae
Subfamily: Marginellinae
Genus: Marginella
Species: M. piperata
Binomial name
Marginella piperata

Marginella piperata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.[1]

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Description

Distribution

Subspecies

M. piperata albocincta
M. piperata lutea
M. piperata strigata
  • Subspecies Marginella piperata albocincta Sowerby, 1846]
  • Subspecies Marginella piperata fuscopicta Turton, 1932
  • Subspecies Marginella piperata lutea Sowerby III, 1889
  • Subspecies Marginella piperata monozona Turton, 1932
  • Subspecies Marginella piperata strigata Sowerby III, 1889

References

  1. ^ Marginella piperata .  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225389 on 24 April 2010.

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