Marginellona
gigas (Martens, 1904)
Collected at 380 meter depth, by Chinese trawler,
off Pratas Island, South China Sea
Length= 118.3 mm / Width= 61.9 mm
[Collection of Emilio Jorge Power]
Note: This mollusc was at one time classified under the Volutidae
The recent taxonomic status of this mollusc is as follows:
Family Marginellidae, Fleming, 1828
Subfamily Marginelloninae, Coan, 1965
Genus Marginellona, Martens, 1903
Species gigas, Martens, 1904
[Syn. Sigaluta pratasensis Rehder, 1967] |
