Common name of Prunum torticulum
 
Common Name Knave marginella
Language English
Type AFS
Official Trade Name No
Rank 1 - (Legal common name (unique))
Country United States (contiguous states)
Locality
Ref. Turgeon, D.D., J.F. Quinn Jr., A.E. Bogan, E.V. Coan, F.G. Hochberg, W.G. Lyons, P.M. Mikkelsen, R.J. Neves, C.F.E. Roper, G. Rosenberg, B. Roth, A. Scheltema, F.G. Thompson, M. Vecchione and J.D. Willams, 1998
Life Stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core morphology
1st Modifier person (generic)
2nd Modifier
Remarks 'marginella' from scientific name of species in gastropod family Marginellidae, probably from Latin 'margino', i.e., to border or enclose with a margin; 'knave', from Old High German 'knabo', i.e., boy.
Glossary [ e.g. cnidaria]
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