Margarella wacei

Margarella wacei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea (superfamily)
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Margarella
Species: M. wacei
Binomial name
Margarella wacei
(Melvill & Standen, 1918)
Synonyms
  • Margarites wacei (Melvill & Standen, 1918)
  • Photinula wacei Melvill & Standen, 1918 (original combination)

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

Description

The height of the shell attains 8 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Falkland Islands.

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Margarella wacei (Melvill & Standen, 1918). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533034 on 2012-12-07

External links

External identifiers for Margarella wacei
Encyclopedia of Life 19661191
WoRMS 533034