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Persicula persicula

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Persicula persicula
Persicula persicula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Cystiscidae
Subfamily: Persiculinae
Genus: Persicula
Species:
P. persicula
Binomial name
Persicula persicula
Synonyms[1]
  • Marginella persicula (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Marginella punctata (Martini, 1771)
  • Marginella bobi (Fischer von Waldheim, 1807)
  • Persicula guttata Link, 1807
  • Marginella variabilis Schumacher, 1817
  • Persicula variabilis Schumacher, 1817
  • Persicula maculata Swainson, 1840
  • Persicula persiculocingulata Tournier, 1997
  • Prunum roscidum f. spilota Mazyck, 1911
  • Voluta persicula Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination)

Persicula persicula, common name : the spotted marginella, is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Cystiscidae.[1]

Description

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The shell size varies between 13 mm and 25 mm

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Verde, Mauritania and Liberia.

References

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  1. ^ a b Persicula persicula (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 December 2018.
  • Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda
  • Boyer F. (2015). Révision des marginelles de Linné (Mollusques prosobranches : Marginellidae et Cystiscidae). Xenophora Taxonomy. 8: 33-55
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  • Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata
  • Link, D.H.F. (1807-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Adlers Erben.
  • Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. Schultz, Copenghagen. iv + 288 pp., 22 pls.
  • "Persicula persicula". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 5 December 2010.