Marginella musica explained

Marginella musica, common name the musical marginal shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.

Description

The length of the shell attains 22 mm.

The shell shape and glossy surface are typical of a Marginella . The striped colour pattern is distinctive. The adult shells are relatively solid. The outer lip is thickened. The lower part of the columella shows four oblique pleats.^[1]

The colour of the shell is pale brown to greyish-brown with fine black spiral lines. The animal is cream to pale orange, with a pattern of fine red lines on its large foot.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off South Africa at the west coast and the Agulhas Bank(Namibia to Algoa Bay), at depths between 40 m and 550 m.; also off Mauretania.

References

• Book: Cossignani . T. . Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. . 2006 . L'Informatore Piceno. . 1–408.
• Book: Branch . G.M. . Two Oceans. 5th impression . 2002 . David Philip . Cape Town & Johannesburg. . 978-1-77007-633-4 .
• Book: Steyn DG and Lussi M. . Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods. . 2005 . published by the authors . 148.
• Book: Gofas, S., Afonso, J.P. & Brandào, M. . Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. . 1985 . Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola . Angola . 1–140.

External links

• Hinds . R.B. . Descriptions of Marginellae collected during the voyage of H. M. S. Sulphur, and from the collection of H. Cuming Esq. . Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London . 1844 . 1844 . 12 . 73 .
• Boyer F. & Neefs J. . A systematic study of the Marginella musica group (Gastropoda: Marginellidae). . Vita Marina . 1999 . 3 . 4 . 73–88 .
• Barnard . K.H. . Contributions to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part. II. Gastropoda: Prosobranchiata: Rhachiglossa. . Annals of the South African Museum . 1959 . 45 . 5 .

Notes and References

1. Book: Herbert, D.G., Jones, G.J. & Atkinson, L.J. . Phylum Mollusca. In: Atkinson, L.J. and Sink, K.J. (eds) Field Guide to the Offshore Marine Invertebrates of South Africa . 2018 . Malachite Marketing and Media . Pretoria . 289 . 10.15493/SAEON.PUB.10000001 . 978-1-86868-098-6. 17 October 2024.