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Marginella aequinoctialis

Marginella aequinoctialis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.

This species has not, so far (2017) been formally reassigned to Glabella <small>Swainson, 1840</small> but belongs there as being a sibling species of Glabella bellii <small>(G.B. Sowerby II, 1846)</small>.

Description

The length of the shell attains 10.9 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Gabon at a depth of 25 m.

References

  • Boyer F. & Simbille C., 2004. A propos d'une espèce jumelle de Marginella bellii Sowerby, 1846. Bollettino Malacologico, 40 (5–8): 80-87