Margarites refulgens

Margarites refulgens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Turbinidae
Genus: Margarites
Species: M. refulgens
Binomial name
Margarites refulgens
(E.A. Smith, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Margarella expansa J. Gaillard, 1954
  • Margarella refulgens (E. A. Smith, 1907)
  • Valvatella refulgens E. A. Smith, 1907 (original combination)

Margarites refulgens is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Margaritidae, the turban snails.[1]

Description

The height of the shell attains 6 mm, its diameter also 6 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in Antarctic waters (the Weddell Sea) and subantarctic waters off the South Sandwich Islands at depths between 200 m and 1100 m.

References


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