marginella

See also: Marginella

English

Noun

marginella (plural marginellas)

  1. (zoology) A mollusk of the genus Marginella, or its shell.
    • 2002, Don Philpott, Florida: Gulf Coast‎, page 16:
      Common shells include frog-shells, distorsios, volutes, tulips, murex, cones, olives, marginellas, cowries, augers and the Florida horse conch, the state's official shell, which can grow up to 24in (6 1 cm) long.
    • 2006, Jackie Leatherbury Douglass, Shells‎:
      Smooth, shiny, brightly colored shells, marginellas are usually found in tropical and warm water.
    • 2008, George Branch, Two Oceans: A Guide to the Marine Life of Southern Africa‎, page 168:
      Marginellas have smooth, shiny shells with an elongate, narrow aperture three-quarters or more of the total shell length.

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