Margarella antipoda antipoda
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| Margarella antipoda antipoda (Hombron and Jacquinot, 1854) |
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Margarella antipoda Hombron and Jacquinot, 1854 |
Margarella antipoda antipoda is a subspecies of marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trochidae, the top shells.
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[edit] Distribution
This top shell is endemic to New Zealand's sub-Antarctic islands.
[edit] Habitat
It is found in rock pools on small algae.
[edit] Shell description
The shell is rather small, globosely turbinate, thin, minutely perforate to imperforate.
Coloration is dull purplish-black, and greenish iridescent within the aperture. The protoconch and early whorls are whitish with two spiral pink lines.
The maximum shell height is 8 mm, and width 8.5 mm.
[edit] References
- Powell A. W. B., William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
