Margarites vorticiferus

Vortex margarite
Drawing with an apertural view of a shell of Margarites vorticiferus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Turbinidae
Genus: Margarites
Species: M. vorticiferus
Binomial name
Margarites vorticiferus
(Dall, 1873)
Synonyms
  • Margarita vorticifera Dall, 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

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

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.
External identifiers for Margarites vorticiferus
Encyclopedia of Life 4796329
WoRMS 556997
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