Antimargarita dulcis
| Antimargarita dulcis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea (superfamily) |
| Family: | Margaritidae |
| Genus: | Antimargarita |
| Species: | A. dulcis |
| Binomial name | |
| Antimargarita dulcis (E.A. Smith, 1907) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Antimargarita dulcis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Margaritidae.[1]
Description
The shell size varies between 9 mm and 15 mm
Distribution
This species occurs in Antarctic waters off the South Shetland Islands, the Antarctic Peninsula, the Weddell Sea and the Ross Sea.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Antimargarita dulcis (E.A. Smith, 1907). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 23 May 2012.
- Aldea C., Zelaya D.G. & Troncoso J.S. (2009) Two new trochids of the genus Antimargarita (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda: Trochidae) from the Bellingshausen Sea and South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Polar Biology 32:417–426
- Engl W. (2012) Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp