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Margarites giganteus

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Species of gastropod

Margarites giganteus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Margaritidae
Genus: Margarites
Species: M. giganteus
Binomial name
Margarites giganteus
(Leche, 1878)
Synonyms
  • Margarites argentatus var. gigantea Leche, 1878 (original combination)
  • Margarites olivaceus olivaceus f. giganteus (Leche, W., 1878)

Margarites giganteus, common name the giant margarite, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Margaritidae.

Description

The height of the shell attains 6 mm.

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Distribution

This marine species occurs off Novaya Zemlya, Russia.

References

  1. Margarites giganteus (Leche, 1878). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 April 2010.
  • W. Leche (1878), öfversikt öfver de af Svenska Exp. till N. Semlja och Jenissej 1875 och 1876 insamlade hafsmoll; Sv. Vet. Akad. Handl. Bd, 1878
Taxon identifiers
Margarites giganteus


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