Vortex margarite | |
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Drawing with an apertural view of a shell of Margarites vorticiferus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Margaritidae |
Genus: | Margarites |
Species: | M. vorticiferus |
Binomial name | |
Margarites vorticiferus (Dall, 1873) | |
Synonyms | |
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Margarites vorticiferus, common name the vortex margarite, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Margaritidae.
Description
The size of the salmon pink shell varies between 8 mm and 22 mm.
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Distribution
This marine species occurs in Asian arctic waters and from Alaska to Southern California, USA;
References
- Bouchet, P. (2012). Margarites vorticiferus (Dall, 1873). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=556997 on 6 July 2013
- Kantor Yu.I. & Sysoev A.V. (2006) Marine and brackish water Gastropoda of Russia and adjacent countries: an illustrated catalogue. Moscow: KMK Scientific Press. 372 pp. + 140 pls.
- Turgeon, D.D., et al. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26 page(s): 61
- Gulbin V.V. & Chaban E.M. (2012) Annotated list of shell-bearing gastropods of Commander Islands. Part I. The Bulletin of the Russian Far East Malacological Society 15-16: 5–30
External links
Taxon identifiers | |
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Margarites vorticiferus |
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