Margarella tropidophoroides

Margarella tropidophoroides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Margarella
Species: M. tropidophoroides
Binomial name
Margarella tropidophoroides
(Strebel, 1908)
Synonyms

Photinula (Promargarita) tropidophoroides Strebel, 1908

Margarella tropidophoroides is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1][2]

Description

The shell grows to a height of 19 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off South Georgia Islands at depths between 12 m and 55 m.

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Margarella tropidophoroides (Strebel, 1908). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533032 on 2012-12-07
  2. Zelaya D.G. (2004) The genus Margarella Thiele, 1893 (Gastropoda: Trochidae) in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean. The Nautilus 118(3): 112-120.


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