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Marginella fishhoekensis Fish Hoek Marginella

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

Profilbild Urheber Georgina Jones (CC-BY-SA), Cape Town

Marginella fishhoekensis, sherwood forest Cape Point, Cape Town, South Africa


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lexID:
17731 
AphiaID:
388911 
Scientific:
Marginella fishhoekensis 
German:
Fish Hoek Marginella 
English:
Fish Hoek Marginella 
Category:
Snails 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Marginellidae (Family) > Marginella (Genus) > fishhoekensis (Species) 
Initial determination:
Massier, 2004 
Occurrence:
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:
Seawater, Sea water, Soft grounds 
Size:
0.79" - 0.79" (2,3cm - 2,5cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 68 °F (°C - 20°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, No reliable information available, Predatory, 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:
2025-09-17 13:10:05 

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Marginella fishhoekensis Massier, 2004

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

Synonymised names
Marginella (Venustamarginella) fishhoekensis Massier, 2004 · alternative representation

External links

  1. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 17.09.2025.

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Marginella fishhoekensis,friskie's pinnacles Simon's Town, Cape Town, 7975, South Africa 2021 (CC-BY-SA)
Marginella fishhoekensis, sherwood forest Cape Point, Cape Town, South Africa
Marginella fishhoekensis, grants wall whittle rock false bay 2022 (CC-BY-SA)

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