Taxonomy It is debatable whether it is justified to distinguish this genus from Marginella s. str. without a comprehensive...
Taxonomy It is debatable whether it is justified to distinguish this genus from Marginella s. str. without a comprehensive phylogenetic hypothesis of the family. However the two genera cannot be objective synonyms becasue Marginella glabella (Linnaeus, 1758) is not one of the species originally included in Glabella[details]
MolluscaBase (2018). Glabella Swainson, 1840. Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=465262 on 2019-12-12
original descriptionSwainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology or shells and shell-fish. <em>London, Longman.</em> viii + 419 pp., available online athttp://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450 page(s): 133, 324 [details]
basis of recordCossignani T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. <em>L'Informatore Piceno.</em> 408pp.[details]
status sourceCoovert G.A. & Coovert H.K. (1995) Revision of the supraspecific classification of marginelliform gastropods. <i>The Nautilus</i> 109(2-3): 43-110., available online athttp://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8274195 page(s): 97-98 [details]
subsequent type designationGray J.E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent mollusca, their synonyma and types. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 15: 129-219., available online athttp://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913 page(s): 142 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Taxonomy It is debatable whether it is justified to distinguish this genus from Marginella s. str. without a comprehensive phylogenetic hypothesis of the family. However the two genera cannot be objective synonyms becasue Marginella glabella (Linnaeus, 1758) is not one of the species originally included in Glabella[details]