Common Atlantic Marginella [Marginella glabella]
Description
The Common Atlantic Marginella is a small sea snail inhabiting the waters of the Western Atlantic Ocean. It has a smooth, glossy shell that varies in color from beige to pink. The shell's opening is narrow and elongated, and the snail is known to deposit a thin, glossy layer of calcium carbonate inside the shell's opening as it grows.
Taxonomy
| Phylum |
Mollusks
Mollusca
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|---|---|
| Class |
Gastropods
Gastropoda
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| Order |
Neogastropoda
Neogastropoda
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| Family |
Margin snails
Marginellidae
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| Genus |
Marginella
Marginella
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