Margarella obsoleta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1][2]

Margarella obsoleta
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Margarella
Species:
M. obsoleta
Binomial name
Margarella obsoleta
A. W. B. Powell, 1951
Synonyms
  • Margarella (Promargarita) tropidophoroides obsoleta A. W. B. Powell, 1951 (basionym)
  • Margarella tropidophoroides obsoleta Powell, 1951
  • Photinula carinata Lamy, 1911

Distribution

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This marine species occurs in subantarctic waters off South Georgia.

References

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  1. ^ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Margarella obsoleta. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533028 on 2012-12-07
  2. ^ Zelaya D.G. (2004) The genus Margarella Thiele, 1893 (Gastropoda: Trochidae) in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean. The Nautilus 118(3): 112-120.
  • Lamy, E. 1911. Sur quelques mollusques de la Géorgia du Sud et des îles Sandwich du Sud. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 1911: 22-27
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