Margarites vorticiferus

Vortex margarite
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
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]}

Description

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

Distribution

Pacific Ocean.

This marine species occurs in Asian arctic waters and from Alaska to Southern California, USA;
Common intertidally and subtidally to at least 15 metres depth
on coralline encrusted rocks, throughout the Aleutian Islands chain.

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.

• 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

• Encyclopedia of Life
• World Register of Marine Species