Margarites rossicus

Margarites rossicus
Margarites rossicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Subfamily: Calliostomatinae
Genus: Margarites
Species: M. rossicus
Binomial name
Margarites rossicus
Dall, 1919
Synonyms[1]

Calliostoma rossica (Dall, 1919)

Margarites rossicus, common name : the pearly margarite, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]

There are two subspecies:

  • Margarites rossicus derjugini Galkin, 1955 [ex Bartsch MS]
  • Margarites rossicus rossicus Dall, 1919

Some authors place this species in the subgenus Margarites (Pupillaria)

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Description

The shell grows to a length of 23 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Russian Arctic waters and along Southern Hokkaido.

References

  1. ^ a b Margarites rossicus Dall, 1919.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=467360  on 6 February 2011.

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