Margarites kophameli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Margaritidae.[1]

Margarites kophameli
Original drawing with two views of a shell of Margarites kophameli
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Margaritidae
Genus: Margarites
Species:
M. kophameli
Binomial name
Margarites kophameli
(Strebel, 1905)
Synonyms

Margarita kophameli Strebel, 1905

Description

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The height of the shell is 7.5 mm, its diameter 8.8 mm. The five whorls of the yellowish-white, umbilicated shell increase rapidly in size. They are flattened at the suture and then moderately curved. Only the body whorl is more curved and slightly wrinkled at the base and the funnel-shaped umbilicus. The sculpture consists of very fine, sharp lines of growth. They are crossed by very fine, spiral threads, which are separated by approximately equal intervals.[2]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Argentina.

References

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  • Antarctic Invertebrates
  • Encyclopedia of Life
  • USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
  • World Register of Marine Species
  • "Margarites kophameli". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.