Margarites shinkai is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Margaritidae.[1] The species is named after the deep diving submersible DSV Shinkai 2000.[2]
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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. shinkai
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| Binomial name | |
| Margarites shinkai Okutani, Tsuchida & Fujikura, 1992
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs near cold seeps off the Sagami Bay, Japan.
References
edit- ^ Bouchet, P. (2012). Margarites shinkai Okutani, Tsuchida & Fujikura, 1992. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=512332 on 2012-09-01
- ^ Okutani, Takashi; Tsuchida, Eiji; Fujikura, Katsunori (1992). "Five Bathyal Gastropods Living within or near the Calyptogena–Community of the Hatsushima Islet,Sagami Bay". Venus (Japanese Journal of Malacology). 51 (3): 137–148. doi:10.18941/venusjjm.51.3_137.
- Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999). Catalogue and bibliography of the marine shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Osaka. : Elle Scientific Publications. 749 pp.
External links
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