Margarites pilsbryi

Margarites pilsbryi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Margaritidae,.[1][2]

Margarites pilsbryi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Turbinidae
Genus: Margarites
Species:
M. pilsbryi
Binomial name
Margarites pilsbryi
Kuroda & Habe, 1952
Synonyms

Margarites (Margarites) helicinus pilsbryi (Kuroda & Habe, 1952)

Description

The size of the shell varies between 3 mm and 6 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Sea of Okhotsk and the Sea of Japan.

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Margarites pilsbryi Kuroda & Habe, 1952. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=556980 on 2012-09-01
  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.
  • Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999). Catalogue and bibliography of the marine shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Osaka. : Elle Scientific Publications. 749 pp.
  • "Margarites helicinus pilsbryi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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