Margarites giganteus

Margarites giganteus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Turbinidae
Genus: Margarites
Species: M. giganteus
Binomial name
Margarites giganteus
(Leche, 1878)
Synonyms
  • Margarites argentatus var. gigantea Leche, 1878 (original combination)
  • Margarites olivaceus olivaceus f. giganteus (Leche, W., 1878)

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

Description

The height of the shell attains 6 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Novaya Zemlya, Russia.

References


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