Margarella obsoleta

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Margarella obsoleta
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Margarella
Species:
M. obsoleta
Binomial name
Margarella obsoleta
A. W. B. Powell, 1951
Synonyms
  • Margarella (Promargarita) tropidophoroides obsoletaA. W. B. Powell, 1951 (basionym)
  • Margarella tropidophoroides obsoletaPowell, 1951
  • Photinula carinataLamy, 1911

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

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Distribution

This marine species occurs in subantarctic waters off South Georgia.

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References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Margarella obsoleta. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533028 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.