Margarites huloti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Margaritidae.[2]
| Margarites huloti | |
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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. huloti
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| Binomial name | |
| Margarites huloti Vilvens & Sellanes, 2006[1]
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Description
editThe maximum measured height of the shell is 12.5 mm, and its diameter 13.4 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off a methane seep near Chile.
References
edit- ^ Vilvens & Sellanes. 2006. Nautilus Volume: 120 Issue: 1 Pages: 15-20. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 20 April 2010.
- ^ Margarites huloti Vilvens & Sellanes, 2006. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 April 2010.
- Vilvens C. & Sellanes J. (2006). Descriptions of Otukaia crustulum new species (Gastropoda: Trochoidea: Calliostomatidae) and Margarites huloti new species (Gastropoda: Trochoidea: Trochidae) from a methane seep area off Chile. The Nautilus 120 (1): 15–20
- Bouchet, P.; Fontaine, B. (2009). List of new marine species described between 2002–2006. Census of Marine Life.
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