Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Neogastropoda > Superfamily Volutoidea > Family Granulinidae > Genus Granulina

Granulina occulta (Monterosato, 1869)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Marginella Lamarck, 1799

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Granulina*	Jousseaume, 1888	accepted genus name
*Cryptospira (Cypraeolina)*	Cerulli-Irelli, 1911	synonym
*Cypraeolina*	Cerulli-Irelli, 1911	synonym

Species group names

*Gibberulina occulta*	(Monterosato, 1869)	synonym
*Marginella occulta var. minor*	Sturany, 1896	synonym; nom. inval.
*Persicula occulta*	(Monterosato, 1869)	synonym
*Volutella parvulina*	Locard, 1897	synonym
*Volutella parvulina var. curta*	Locard, 1897	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S. (1992). Le genre Granulina (Marginellidae) en Méditerranée et dans l'Atlantique oriental. Bollettino Malacologico. 28(1-4): 1-26. [30 May 1992].
additional source	Boyer F., Renda W. & Öztürk B. (2020). The genus Granulina (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Neogastropoda) from the Turkish coasts with taxonomical notes on some Mediterranean species. Ege Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 37(1): 65-83.
subsequent type designation	Gofas, S. (1992). Le genre Granulina (Marginellidae) en Méditerranée et dans l'Atlantique oriental. Bollettino Malacologico. 28(1-4): 1-26. [30 May 1992].

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Granulina occulta (Monterosato, 1869). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140317