Alaginella pemphix

Alaginella pemphix
	Shell of Alaginella pemphix
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Marginellidae
Genus:	Alaginella
Species:	A. pemphix
Binomial name
	Alaginella pemphix; (B. Roth, 1973)
Synonyms
	Marginella ovata Thiele, 1925 (invalid: junior homonym of Marginella ovata of Lee, 1833, Emmons, 1858 and Harris, 1897, Marginella pemphix B. Roth, 1973 is a replacement name); Marginella pemphix B. Roth, 1973 (replacement name for Marginella ovata Thiele, 1925 not Lea, 1833, Emmons, 1858 nor Harris, 1897);

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

Distribution

This marine species occurs off East Africa

Thiele, J. (1925). Gastropoden der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. II Teil (17 (2) ed.). Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898-1899. pp. 35–382.

Roth, B. (1973). "Nomenclatural changes in Marginellidae". Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology. 10 (12): 111–112.

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