Alaginella atractus

Alaginella atractus
Shell of Alaginella atractus (specimen in the Natural History Museum Rotterdam)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Marginellidae
Genus: Alaginella
Species:
A. atractus
Binomial name
Alaginella atractus
(Tomlin, 1918)
Synonyms
  • Alaginella julia (Thiele, 1925)
  • Marginella atractus Tomlin, 1918 (original combination)
  • Marginella julia Thiele, 1925 (junior synonym)
  • Marginella kowiensis W. H. Turton, 1932
  • Marginella paula Thiele, 1925 (junior synonym)
  • Marginella zeyheri var. kowiensis W. H. Turton, 1932 (junior synonym)
  • Volvarina julia (Thiele, 1925) (junior synonym)
  • Volvarina paula (Thiele, 1925) (junior synonym)

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 7.2 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Port Alfred, South Africa.

References

  1. ^ Alaginella atractus (Tomlin, 1918). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  • Tomlin, J.R. le B. (1918). Descriptions of three new species of Marginella from South Africa, with a note on M. sutoris Dunker. Journal of Conchology 15: 306–307, pl. 10.
  • Turton W.H. (1932). Marine Shells of Port Alfred, S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London, xvi + 331 pp., 70 pls.


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