Margarites ecarinatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Margaritidae.[1][2]
| Margarites ecarinatus | |
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| Original image of the shell of Margarites ecarinatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Margaritidae |
| Genus: | Margarites |
| Species: | M. ecarinatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Margarites ecarinatus Dall, 1919
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Description
editThe height of the shell attains 8 mm. The pinkish grey shell is depressed. It has about five rapidly enlarging whorls. The glassy nucleus is minute. The subsequent whorls are moderately inflated. They are separated by a deep but not channelled suture, having a rounded periphery, a wide, completely pervious umbilicus, and a large, very oblique, iridescent aperture. The axial sculpture consists of very fine silky incremental lines. The spiral sculpture consists of low flattish threads separated by narrower interspaces sometimes carrying a finer intercalary thread. This sculpture is carried over the base but is absent from the walls of the wide umbilicus;. The rounded aperture is very oblique. Its margins are sharp, hardly meeting over the body except by a thin layer of enamel. The brown operculum is thin, and multispiral.[3]
References
edit- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Margarites ecarinatus Dall, 1919. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=528725 on 2012-09-01
- ^ Turgeon, D.D., et al. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26
- ^ W;H. Dall Report of the Canadian Arctic Expedition (1913-1918) vol. VIII
External links
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- Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
- Encyclopedia of Life
- ITIS
- World Register of Marine Species
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