Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Neogastropoda > Superfamily Volutoidea > Family Marginellidae > Subfamily Marginellinae > Genus Marginella

Marginella glabella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Voluta Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Marginella*	Lamarck, 1799	accepted genus name
*Porcellana*	Gray, 1847	junior homonym

Species group names

*Porcellana porcelaine*	Dautzenberg, 1910	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: shiny marginella; smooth margin shell; smooth marginella; smooth marginsnail sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Glatte Randschnecke

Literature

basis of record	Boyer F. (2015). Révision des marginelles de Linné (Mollusques prosobranches : Marginellidae et Cystiscidae). Xenophora Taxonomy. 8: 33-55.
additional source	Cossignani, T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408 pp.
additional source	Rolán E. (2005). Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. ConchBooks. Hackenheim. ISBN 3-325319-73-2. 455 pp.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Marginella glabella (Linnaeus, 1758). 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:140322