marginellacean

marginellacean, a. Conch.

(mɑːdʒɪnɪˈleɪʃən)

[f. mod.L. Marginellacea, f. Marginella (see below), f. margin-, margo margin n.]

Pertaining to the Marginellacea or Marginellidæ, a family of gasteropods. So margiˈnellid, a gasteropod of the family Marginellidæ; margiˈnelliform a., having the form of a gasteropod of the genus Marginella; margiˈnelloid a., resembling the genus Marginella.

In recent Dicts.