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Margarella refulgens

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Species of gastropod

Margarella refulgens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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.

Description

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

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (August 2013)

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.

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Taxon identifiers
Margarella refulgens
Valvatella refulgens


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