Marginellidae

Marginellidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Orthogastropoda
Superorder:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Sorbeoconcha
Suborder:	Hypsogastropoda
Infraorder:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Marginellidae Fleming, 1828
Genera
See text.

Marginellidae are a family of gastropod molluscs of the order Sorbeoconcha found mostly in warm tropical seas worldwide. They occur in sand or mud, from shallow to quite deep water. The shell is porcellanous, and the aperture is often as long as the height of the shell.

Introduction

The higher classificaction of the family Marginellidae has long been a state of confusion. Many popular works still treat all members of this family under the single genus Marginella, basing them primarly on superficial similarities of the shell. The confusion over the classification stems from the fact that shell characters alone were used in the early classifications, or were largely used in later classifications. Although many good conchological characters exist, they have generally been misinterpreted, or, in some cases, unrecognized. Information on radulae and external anatomy was widely scattered in the literature, and internal anatomical data, only recently available.

Diagnosis

Shell minute to very large, white, uniformly colored, or patterned; protoconch paucispiral, lip thickened, smooth or denticulate; external varix present or absent; siphonal notch present or absent; columella with 2-6 plications. Operculum absent.

Systematics

Abbreviations and conventions

• † - (preceding genus), denotes extinct genus
• † - (following species), denotes fossil species
• (M) - original designation by monotype
• OD - original designation
• OD (M) - original designation as type species, but also monotypic
• SD - subsequent designation as type
• SD (M) - subsequent designation as type species, but also monotypic
• T - original designation by tautonomy

In the systematic, the following sequence is used for each generic synonym:

• Genus in original combination, followed by author, year, page number(s)
• Designation of type species followed by author, year, page number(s)
• Reference only to Type species
  
  

MARGINELLIDAE Fleming, 1828:328

Subfamily MARGINELLONINAE Coan 1965:186,191

Genus Afrivoluta Tomlin, 1947:244

Afrivoluta pringlei Tomlin, 1947;OD (M)

Genus Marginellona Martens, 1904

Marginella (M.) gigas Martens, 1904;(M)

Subfamily MARGINELLINAE Fleming, 1828:328

Genus † Myobarum Sohl, 1963

Tribe AUSTROGINELLINI Coovert and Coovert, 1995:80

"Serrata Group"

Genus † Conuginella Laseron, 1957:288

Marginella inermis Tate, 1878 †; OD (M)

Genus Serrata Jousseaume, 1875:167

Serrata serrata (Gaskoin, 1849), = Marginella serrata Gaskoin, 1849;T

Genus Serrataginella Coovert and Coovert, 1995:82

Marginella spryi] (Clover, 1974), OD (M)

Genus Stromboginella Laseron, 1957:289

Marginella crassidens Chapman and Crespin,1928 †; OD (M)

Genus Hydroginella Laseron, 1957:284

Hydroginella dispersa Laseron, 1957; OD (M)

"Austroginella Group"

Genus † Mioginella Laseron, 1957:287

Marginella regula Cotton, 1949 †; OD (M)

Genus Protoginella Laseron, 1957:285

Marginella lavigata Brazier, 1877, = Marginella (Prunum) lavigata Brazier, 1877 ; OD (M)

Genus † Nudifaba Eames, 1952:122

Marginella (N.) rakhiensis Eames, 1952 †; OD (M)

Genus Alaginella Laseron, 1957:286

Marginella ochracea Angas, 1871; OD

Genus † Hiwia Marwick, 1931:129

Marginella (Hiwia) amplificata Marwick, 1931 †; OD (M)

Genus Austroginella Laseron, 1957:285

Marginella muscaria Lamarck, 1822; OD

Genus Mesoginella Laseron, 1957:282

Marginella turbinata G. B. Sowerby II, 1846; OD (M)

Genus Closia Gray, 1857:36

Closia sarda (Kiener, 1834), = Marginella sarda Kiener, 1834; M

Genus Ovaginella Laseron, 1957

Marginella ovulum G. B. Sowerby II, 1846; OD

Genus Balanetta Jousseaume, 1875

Balanetta baylei Jousseaume, 1875; M

     Tribe PRUNINI Coovert and Coovert, 1995:80

Genus Volvarina Hinds, 1844:75

Marginella nitida Hinds, 1844, = Marginella (Volvarina) nitida Hinds, 1844, = Voluta mitrella Risso, 1826; SD Redfield, 1870:221

Genus Prunum Herrmannsen, 1852:113

Voluta prunum Gmelin, 1791; M

Genus Bullata Jousseaume, 1875:167, 250

Bullata bullata (Born, 1778), = Voluta bullata Born, 1778; T

Genus Rivomarginella Brandt, 1968:275

Rivomarginella morrisoni Brandt 1968; OD (M)

Genus Cryptospira Hinds, 1844:76

Marginella tricincta Hinds, 1844, = Marginella (Cryptospira) tricincta Hinds, 1844; SD (M) Gray, 1847:142

Genus Hyalina Schumacher, 1817:234

Hyalina pellucida Schumacher, 1817, = Bulla pallida Linné, 1758; M

Tribe MARGINELLINI Fleming, 1828:328

Genus † Stazzania Sacco, 1890a:138

Marginella (Stazzania) emarginata Sismonda, 1847, = Marginella emarginata Sismonda, 1847 †; M

Genus Dentimargo Cossmann, 1899:90

Marginella dentifera Lamarck, 1803 †; OD

Genus Eratoidea Weinkauff, 1879:140

Marginella margarita Kiener, 1834; SD Cossmann, 1899:87

Genus † Euryentome Cossmann, 1899:95

Marginella crassilabra Conrad, 1833 (non Marginella crassilabar Bory de St. Vincent, 1827), = Marginella silabra Palmer, 1937 (nom. nov.), = Marginella aratina Lea, 1833 †; OD

Genus † Simplicoglabella Sacco, 1890b:21

Marginella (Glabella) taurinensis Michelotti, 1847 †; SD (M)

Genus Marginella Lamarck, 1799:70

Voluta glabella Linné, 1758; M

Genus Glabella Swainson, 1840:133

Voluta faba Linné, 1758; SD (M) Gray, 1847:142

References

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