Translingual

Wikispecies

Proper noun

Marginella f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Marginellidae – small tropical and temperate sea snails.

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.