Marginellona gigas

Marginellona gigas

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Neogastropoda
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Cladus: Lophotrochozoa Phylum: Mollusca Classis: Gastropoda Subclassis: Caenogastropoda Ordo: Neogastropoda

Familia Incertae sedis: Marginellidae
Subfamilia: Marginelloninae
Genus: Marginellona
Species: Marginellona gigas

Name

Marginellona gigas (Martens, 1904)

Type locality: Indian Ocean (Nicobar Islands, 07º48'N, 092º07'E, depth 805m)

Synonyms

• Marginella (Marginellona) gigas Martens, 1904:108
• Sigaluta pratasensis Rehder, 1967:182

References

• Martens, E. C. von. 1904. (part) A. Systematisch-geographischer Teil. in Martens, E. C. von & J. Thiele. 1904. Vol. VII: Die beschalten Gastropoden der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition 1898-1899. pp: 1–145. in Carl Chun, 1902 – 1940. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer „Valdivia“ 1898-1899 ~ im Auftrage des Reichsamtes des Innern herausgegeben von Carl Chun, Professor der Zoologie in Leipzig, Leiter der Expedition. XXIV vols. Jena, Verlag von Gustav Fischer. (original description of Marginellona gigas)

• Rehder, H. A. 1967. A New Genus and Two New Species in the Families Volutidae and Turbinellidae from the Western Pacific. Pacific Science 21(2): 182–187. (original description of Sigaluta pratasensis)

• Harasewych, M. G. & Y.-I. Kantor. 1991. Rediscovery of Marginellona gigas (Martens, 1904), with Notes on the Anatomy and Systematic Position of the Subfamily Marginelloninae (Gastropoda: Marginellidae). Nemouria 37: 1–19 (Taxonomic review, anatomy)

• Coovert, G. A., & H.-K. Coovert. 1995. Revision of the Supraspecific Classification of Marginelliform Gastropods. The Nautilus 109(2-3): 43–110. (latest family review)