Margarella tropidophoroides is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1][2]
Margarella tropidophoroides | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Calliostomatidae |
Genus: | Margarella |
Species: | M. tropidophoroides
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Binomial name | |
Margarella tropidophoroides (Strebel, 1908)
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Synonyms | |
Photinula (Promargarita) tropidophoroides Strebel, 1908 |
Description
editThe shell grows to a height of 19 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off South Georgia Islands at depths between 12 m and 55 m.
References
edit- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Margarella tropidophoroides (Strebel, 1908). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533032 on 2012-12-07
- ^ Zelaya D.G. (2004) The genus Margarella Thiele, 1893 (Gastropoda: Trochidae) in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean. The Nautilus 118(3): 112-120.
- Strebel, H. 1908. Die Gastropoden (mit Ausnahme de nackten Opisthobranchier). Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903 6(1): 111 pp., 6 pls
External links
edit- Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
- Encyclopedia of Life
- World Register of Marine Species
- "Margarella tropidophoroides". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.