Margarites vorticiferus

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Vortex margarite
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Drawing with an apertural view of a shell of Margarites vorticiferus
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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
  • Margarita vorticiferaDall, 1873
  • Margarites vorticifer(Dall, 1873)
  • Margarites (Omphalomargarites) vorticiferus(Dall, 1873)

Margarites vorticiferus, common name the vortex margarite, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Margaritidae. [1] [2]

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Description

The size of the salmon pink shell varies between 8 mm and 22 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in Asian arctic waters and from Alaska to Southern California, USA;

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References

  1. ↑ 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
  2. ↑ 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.


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