Granulina marginata

Granulina marginata is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Granulinidae.[1]

Granulina marginata
Shell of Granulina marginata (neotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Volutoidea
Family:	Granulinidae
Genus:	Granulina
Species:	G. marginata
Binomial name
Granulina marginata (Bivona, 1832)
Synonyms
Gibberulina clandestina (Brocchi, 1814) sensu Monterosato, 1884 (misidentified species and inappropriate generic combination) Voluta brocchi Scacchi, 1833 Volvaria marginata Bivona, 1832 (original combination)

Description

The length of the shell attains 1.9 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off Sicily.

References

1. Granulina marginata (Bivona, 1832). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.

• Boyer F., Renda W. & Öztürk B. (2020). The genus Granulina (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Neogastropoda) from the Turkish coasts with taxonomical notes on some Mediterranean species. Ege Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 37(1): 65–83.

External links

• Bivona-Bernardi Ant. (1832). Caratteri di alcune nuove specie di conchiglie. Effemeride Scientifiche e Letterarie per la Sicilia. 2: 16-24, pls 2-3
• Scacchi A. (1833). Osservazioni Zoologiche. Napoli, Tipi della Società Tipografica. 1: 1-12
• allary, P. (1900). Coquilles marines du littoral du département d'Oran. Journal de Conchyliologie. 48(3): 211-422
• Gofas S. (1992) Le genre Granulina (Marginellidae) en Méditerranée et dans l'Atlantique oriental. Bollettino Malacologico 28(1-4): 1-26