Margarites keepi, common name the Keep margarite, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Margaritidae.[1][2]
Keep margarite | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Margaritidae |
Genus: | Margarites |
Species: | M. keepi
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Binomial name | |
Margarites keepi Smith & Gordon, 1948
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Description
editThe height of the shell attains 2 mm, its diameter 2.1 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off California, USA.
References
edit- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Margarites keepi. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=528727 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