Marginella piperata

Marginella piperata
Apertural (right) and abapertural (left) views of a shell of M. piperata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Marginellidae
Subfamily: Marginellinae
Genus: Marginella
Species: M. piperata
Binomial name
Marginella piperata

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

Subspecies

M. piperata albocincta
M. piperata lutea
M. piperata strigata

References

  1. Marginella piperata .  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.


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