Alaginella atractus

Alaginella atractus
	Shell of Alaginella atractus (specimen in the Natural History Museum Rotterdam)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Marginellidae
Genus:	Alaginella
Species:	A. atractus
Binomial name
	Alaginella atractus; (Tomlin, 1918)
Synonyms
	Alaginella julia (Thiele, 1925); Marginella atractus Tomlin, 1918 (original combination); Marginella julia Thiele, 1925 (junior synonym); Marginella kowiensis W. H. Turton, 1932; Marginella paula Thiele, 1925 (junior synonym); Marginella zeyheri var. kowiensis W. H. Turton, 1932 (junior synonym); Volvarina julia (Thiele, 1925) (junior synonym); Volvarina paula (Thiele, 1925) (junior synonym);

Alaginella atractus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 7.2 mm.

This marine species occurs off Port Alfred, South Africa.

Tomlin, J.R. le B. (1918). Descriptions of three new species of Marginella from South Africa, with a note on M. sutoris Dunker. Journal of Conchology 15: 306–307, pl. 10.
Turton W.H. (1932). Marine Shells of Port Alfred, S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London, xvi + 331 pp., 70 pls.

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