Biology:Antimargarita dulcis

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Short description: Species of gastropod


Antimargarita dulcis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Margaritidae
Genus: Antimargarita
Species:
A. dulcis
Binomial name
Antimargarita dulcis
(E.A. Smith, 1907)
Synonyms[1]
  • Margarites dulcis E. A. Smith, 1907
  • Minolia dulcis E. A. Smith, 1907
  • Valvatella dulcis E.A. Smith, 1907 (original description)

Antimargarita dulcis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Margaritidae.[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 9 mm and 15 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in Antarctic waters off the South Shetland Islands, the Antarctic Peninsula, the Weddell Sea and the Ross Sea.

References

  • Aldea C., Zelaya D.G. & Troncoso J.S. (2009) Two new trochids of the genus Antimargarita (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda: Trochidae) from the Bellingshausen Sea and South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Polar Biology 32:417–426
  • Engl W. (2012) Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q4774920 entry