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 33 meters (108 feet).[1]
Biome: Coastal.
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:
minuta
- Pfeiffer, 1840
- Scientific name: - Marginella minuta Pfeiffer, 1840
- Specific name:
minuta
- Pfeiffer, 1840
- 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)
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Further Reading
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- American journal of conchology. Philadelphia, G.W. Tryon, jr., 1865-72. url p. 243, p. 243.
- Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 18 1889 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 143, p. 143.
- Bulletins of American paleontology. Ithaca, N.Y., Paleontological Research Institution [etc.] url p. 157, p. 405, p. 406.
- Contributions to the Tertiary fauna of Florida, with especial reference to the Miocene silex-beds of Tampa and the Pliocene beds of the Calooshatchie River. Philadelphia, 1890-1903 url p. 1615.
- East coast marine shells: descriptions of shore mollusks together with many living below tide mark, from Maine to Texas inclusive, especially Florida, with more than one thousand drawings and photographs / by Maxwell Smith. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Edwards Brothers, 1951, [c1937] url p. 130, p. 250.
- East coast marine shells; descriptions of shore mollusks together with many living below tide mark, from Maine to Texas inclusive, especially Florida. Ann Arbor, Mich., Edwards Brothers, Inc.[c1937] url p. 250.
- Fossils from the Upper Musashino of Kazusa and Shimosa. TokyoThe University1922 url p. 49.
- List of marine Mollusca comprising the Quaternary fossils and recent forms from American localities between Cape Hatteras and Cape Roque, including the Bermudas / by William Healey Dall. Washington: Govt. Print. Off., 1885. url p. 162.
- Manual of conchology, structural and systematic: with illustrations of the species / by George W. Tryon, Jr. Philadelphia: Published by the Author, Academy of Natural Sciences, 1879-1898. url p. 15, p. 221, p. 221, p. 221, p. 241, p. 241, p. 253, p. 253, p. 253.
- Miocene / Maryland Geological Survey. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins Press, 1904. url , p. 170, p. 171.
- North American index fossils, invertebrates / New York: A.G. Seiler, 1909-10. url p. 710, p. 712, p. 788, p. 789.
- Pleistocene deposits of South Carolina. With an especial attempt at ascertaining what must have been the environmental conditions under which the Pleistocene Mollusca of the state lived. Nashville, 1905. url p. 52.
- Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia url p. 17, p. 17, p. 495, p. 495.
- Proceedings of the Davenport Academy of Natural Sciences. Davenport, Ia., Academy of Natural Sciences [etc.] url p. 52, p. 52.
- Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. London, Dulau. url p. 331, p. 333.
- The Bermuda Islands: a contribution to the physical history and zoology of the Somers archipelago. With an examination of the structure of coral reefs. Researches undertaken under the auspices of the Academy of natural sc Philadelphia, The author, 1889. url p. 169.
- The Journal of the Linnean Society of London. London: Academic Press [etc.], 1865-1968. url p. 706.
- The Nautilus. Melbourne, Fla., etc., American Malacologists, inc., etc. url p. 53, p. 53.
- The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London. London [etc.] url p. 109.
- Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. New Haven: Published by the Academy, 1866- url p. 345.
- Transactions of the Wagner Free Institute of Science of Philadelphia. Philadelphia: Wagner Free Institute of Science of Philadelphia, 1887-1927. url p. 1615.
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 07, 2007:
- Academy of Natural Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences Malacology Database
- Academy of Natural Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences OBIS Mollusc Database [Darwin Core]
- Marine Science Institute, UCSB, Paleobiology Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1918632
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 16062700
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 837032
Footnotes
- Standard Deviation = 73.860 based on 14 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
