Biology:Margarella refulgens

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Margarella refulgens
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Margarella
Species:
M. refulgens
Binomial name
Margarella refulgens
(E.A. Smith, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Margarella expansa J. Gaillard, 1954
  • Margarites refulgens (E. A. Smith, 1907)
  • Valvatella refulgens E. A. Smith, 1907

Margarella refulgens is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1][2]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 4 mm and 11 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the South Sandwich Islands and in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica, at depths between 202 m and 1,108 m.

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Margarella refulgens (E.A. Smith, 1907). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=582412 on 2012-12-07
  2. Zelaya D.G. (2004) The genus Margarella Thiele, 1893 (Gastropoda: Trochidae) in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean. The Nautilus 118(3): 112-120.
  • Smith, E. A. 1907. Mollusca. II. Gastropoda. National Antarctic Expedition 1901-1904, Natural History 2: 12 pp., 2 pls. British Museum (Natural History): London.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q6759110 entry