Margarites atlantoides

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

Margarites atlantoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Turbinidae
Genus: Margarites
Species:
M. atlantoides
Binomial name
Margarites atlantoides
(Quinn, 1992)
Synonyms

Calliostoma atlantoides Quinn, 1992

Description

The height of the shell attains 10 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Lesser Antilles at a depth of 500 m.

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Margarites atlantoides (Quinn, 1992). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533035 on 2012-09-01
  • Quinn, J. F., Jr. 1992. New species of Calliostoma Swainson, 1840 (Gastropoda: Trochidae), and notes on some poorly known species from the Western Atlantic Ocean. Nautilus 106: 77-114


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