Alaginella atractus (original) (raw)
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Species of gastropod
| Alaginella atractus | |
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| Shell of Alaginella atractus (specimen in the Natural History Museum Rotterdam) | |
Scientific classification  |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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]
The length of the shell attains 7.2 mm.
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This marine species occurs off Port Alfred, South Africa.
- ^ 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.