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 marocana Locard, 1897

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

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

Species group names

*Marginella marocana var. curta*	Locard, 1897	synonym
*Marginella marocana var. elongata*	Locard, 1897	synonym

Literature

original description	Locard, A. (1897-1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson. vol. 1 [1897], p. 1-516 pl. 1-22; vol. 2 [1898], p. 1-515, pl. 1-18.
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Cossignani, T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408 pp.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Marginella marocana Locard, 1897. 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:140326