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Marginella glabella Smooth Margin Snail, Smooth Marginella, Smooth Margin Shell, Shiny Marginella

Marginella glabella is commonly referred to as Smooth Margin Snail, Smooth Marginella, Smooth Margin Shell, Shiny Marginella. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Marginella glabella,Las Palmas, ES-CN, ES 2021


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lexID:
17125 
AphiaID:
140322 
Scientific:
Marginella glabella 
German:
Glatte Marginella, Gläzende Randschnecke 
English:
Smooth Margin Snail, Smooth Marginella, Smooth Margin Shell, Shiny Marginella 
Category:
Escargots de mer 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Marginellidae (Family) > Marginella (Genus) > glabella (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Linnaeus, ), 1758 
Occurrence:
Alborán Sea (Mediterranean Sea), European Coasts, Morocco, North Atlantic Ocean, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Mediterranean Sea, West Africa 
Marine Zone:
Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters 
Sea depth:
Meter 
Habitats:
Rocky, hard seabeds, Seawater, Sea water, Under rocks 
Size:
1.18" - 2.36" (3cm - 6cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 77 °F (°C - 25°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Predatory, Snails 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
  • Marginella adamasoides
  • Marginella adamkusi
  • Marginella aequinoctialis
  • Marginella aikeni
  • Marginella albocincta
  • Marginella alborubra
  • Marginella albospira
  • Marginella aliwalensis
  • Marginella amazona
  • Marginella anapaulae
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-01-07 16:58:12 

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Marginella glabella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonymised names
Glabella ruffina Swainson, 1840 · unaccepted
Marginella (Marginella) glabella (Linnaeus, 1758) · alternative representation
Marginella platypus Carrière, 1880 · unaccepted
Marginella poucheti Petit de la Saussaye, 1851 · unaccepted
Marginella ruffina (Swainson, 1840) · unaccepted
Porcellana porcelaine Dautzenberg, 1910 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pseudomarginella adansoni Maltzan, 1880 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Voluta glabella Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)

External links

  1. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 17.09.2025.

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Marginella glabella,Las Palmas, ES-CN, ES 2023
Marginella glabella,Las Palmas, ES-CN, ES 2021
Marginella glabella,Las Palmas, ES-CN, ES 2021

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