Margarella refulgens

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Margarella refulgens
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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 expansaJ. Gaillard, 1954
  • Margarites refulgens(E. A. Smith, 1907)
  • Valvatella refulgensE. A. Smith, 1907

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

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Description

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

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.

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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.