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Alaginella kerochuta

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Alaginella kerochuta
Shell of Alaginella kerochuta (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Marginellidae
Genus: Alaginella
Species:
A. kerochuta
Binomial name
Alaginella kerochuta
(Shackleford, 1914)
Synonyms

Marginella kerochuta Shackleford, 1914 (original combination)

Alaginella kerochuta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.[1]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 10 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Cape Point, South Africa.

References

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  • Shackleford, L. (1914). "Two new species of Marginella from South Africa". Annals of the South African Museum. 25 (1): 77–83.
  • Cossignani, T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. pp. 1–408.