Interesting Facts
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Description
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Habitat
Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of -4 meters (-13 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
()
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
()
- Phylum:
Mollusca
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795
- Molluscs
- Class:
Gastropoda
()
- Cuvier, 1795
- Snails and Slugs
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
()
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
- Superorder:
Caenogastropoda
()
- Cox, 1960
- Order:
Sorbeoconcha
()
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
- Suborder:
Hypsogastropoda
()
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
- Infraorder:
Neogastropoda
()
- Thiele, 1929
- Superfamily:
Muricoidea
()
- Rafinesque, 1815
- Family:
Marginellidae
()
- J. Fleming, 1828
- Subfamily:
Marginellinae
()
- Genus:
Marginella
()
- Lam., 1799
- Specific name:
hartleyana
- Schwengel
- Scientific name: - Marginella hartleyana Schwengel
- Specific name:
hartleyana
- Schwengel
- Genus:
Marginella
(
- Subfamily:
Marginellinae
(
- Family:
Marginellidae
(
- Superfamily:
Muricoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Neogastropoda
(
- Suborder:
Hypsogastropoda
(
- Order:
Sorbeoconcha
(
- Superorder:
Caenogastropoda
(
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
(
- Class:
Gastropoda
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Marginella
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 6 species and subspecies in this genus:
M. alba (Dwarfgoby) · M. amabile (Moustache Longfin) · M. guttatum (Reef Pipefish) · M. perexilis (Gaunt Marginella) · M. sulcata (Northern Madtom) · M. virginiana (Virginia Marginella)
More Info
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Further Reading
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- Bulletins of American paleontology. 40 1960 Ithaca, N.Y., Paleontological Research Institution [etc.] url p. 529, p. 581.
- Marine shells of the western coast of Flordia / by Louise M. Perry and Jeanne S. Schwengel. Illus. by W. Hammersley Southwick, Axel A. Olsson, and Frank White. Ithaca, N.Y.: Paleontological Research Institution, 1955. url p. 304.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed February 17, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 18, 2007:
- Academy of Natural Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences Malacology Database
Identifiers
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 16211703
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2452739
Footnotes
- Standard Deviation = 40.410 based on 4 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
