Persicula persicula
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| species = persicula
| authority = (Linnaeus, 1758)
| synonyms = *Marginella persicula (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Marginella punctata (Martini, 1771)
- Marginella bobi (Fischer von Waldheim, 1807)
- Persicula guttata Link, 1807
- Marginella variabilis Schumacher, 1817
- Persicula variabilis Schumacher, 1817
- Persicula maculata Swainson, 1840
- Persicula persiculocingulata Tournier, 1997
- Prunum roscidum f. spilota Mazyck, 1911
- Voluta persicula Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination)
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Persicula persicula, common name : the spotted marginella, is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Cystiscidae.{{WRMS species|224729|Persicula persicula (Linnaeus, 1758)||10 December 2018}}
Description
The shell size varies between 13 mm and 25 mm
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Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Verde, Mauritania and Liberia.
References
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- Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda
- Boyer F. (2015). Révision des marginelles de Linné (Mollusques prosobranches : Marginellidae et Cystiscidae). Xenophora Taxonomy. 8: 33-55
External links
- [https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata]
- [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43301237 Link, D.H.F. (1807-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Adlers Erben. ]
- [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81329 Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. Schultz, Copenghagen. iv + 288 pp., 22 pls.]
- {{Gastropods.com|key=2|id=1272|title=Persicula persicula|access-date=5 December 2010}}
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Category:Molluscs of the Atlantic Ocean
Category:Invertebrates of West Africa
Category:Gastropods of Cape Verde
Category:Gastropods described in 1758
Category:Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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