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Marginella floccata Wooly Marginella

Marginella floccata is commonly referred to as Wooly Marginella. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Marginella floccata,deep partridge, false bay Cape Town 2019 (CC-BY-SA)


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lexID:
17747 
AphiaID:
473854 
Scientific:
Marginella floccata 
German:
Wollige Marginella 
English:
Wooly Marginella 
Category:
Snails 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Marginellidae (Family) > Marginella (Genus) > floccata (Species) 
Initial determination:
G. B. Sowerby III, 1889 
Occurrence:
Endemic species, South-Africa 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
Meter 
Habitats:
Bays, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
0.79" - 1.18" (2,2cm - 3,0cm) 
Temperature:
50 °F - 68 °F (10°C - 20°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, No reliable information available, Snails 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
  • Marginella adamasoides
  • Marginella adamkusi
  • Marginella aequinoctialis
  • Marginella aikeni
  • Marginella albocincta
  • Marginella alborubra
  • Marginella albospira
  • Marginella aliwalensis
  • Marginella amazona
  • Marginella anapaulae
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-09-23 13:32:08 

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Marginella floccata G. B. Sowerby III, 1889

Members of the family Marginellinae are predators. They eat other molluscs.

Synonymised names
Marginella (Venustamarginella) floccata G. B. Sowerby III, 1889 · alternative representation

External links

  1. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 23.09.2025.

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Marginella floccata,sherwood forest false bay Cape Point, Cape Town, South Africa 2020 (CC-BY-SA)
Marginella floccata,sherwood forest false bay Cape Point, Cape Town, South Africa 2020 (CC-BY-SA)
Marginella floccata,deep partridge, false bay Cape Town 2019 (CC-BY-SA)
Marginella floccata,deep partridge, false bay Cape Town 2019 (CC-BY-SA)

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