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Marginella san Wavy-line Marginella

Marginella san is commonly referred to as Wavy-line Marginella. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Georgina Jones (CC-BY-SA), Cape Town

Marginella san, whittle rock false bay 2022 (CC-BY-SA)


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lexID:
17739 
AphiaID:
827850 
Scientific:
Marginella san 
German:
Wellenlinien Marginella 
English:
Wavy-line Marginella 
Category:
Escargots de mer 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Marginellidae (Family) > Marginella (Genus) > san (Species) 
Initial determination:
S. G. Veldsman, 2014 
Occurrence:
Endemic species, South-Africa 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
10 - 45 Meter 
Habitats:
Seawater, Sea water, Soft grounds 
Size:
0.79" - 1.18" (2,9cm - 3,5cm) 
Temperature:
50 °F - 68 °F (10°C - 20°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, No reliable information available, 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:
2025-09-19 12:47:34 

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Marginella san S. G. Veldsman, 2014

Members of the family Marginellinae are predators. They eat other molluscs.

Synonymised names
Marginella (Lineamarginella) san S. G. Veldsman, 2014 · alternative representation

External links

  1. BioLib.cz (en). Abgerufen am 19.09.2025.
  2. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 19.09.2025.

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Marginella san, pmb reef Cape Point, Cape Town, South Africa 2019 (CC-BY-SA)
Marginella san, whittle rock false bay 2022 (CC-BY-SA)
Marginella san, whittle rock false bay 2022 (CC-BY-SA)
Marginella san,pmb wreck Cape Point, Cape Town, South Africa 2020 (CC-BY-SA)
Marginella san,City of Cape Town, ZA-WC, ZA 2020 (CC-BY-SA)

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