Biology:Falsimargarita benthicola

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Short description: Species of sea snail

Falsimargarita benthicola
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Falsimargarita
Species:
F. benthicola
Binomial name
Falsimargarita benthicola
Dell, 1990

Falsimargarita benthicola is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]

Description

The height of the shell attains 21 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Drake Passage, Antarctica, at depths between 3010 m and 3510 m.

References

  • Dell, R. K. (1990). Antarctic Mollusca with special reference to the fauna of the Ross Sea. Bulletin of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Wellington 27: 1–311 page(s): 97
  • Engl W. (2012) Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5432781 entry