Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Superfamily Trochoidea Scientific name Photinula steineni | Phylum Mollusca Clade Vetigastropoda Family Calliostomatidae Rank Species | |
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Margarella steineni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.
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The species was named after Dr. Von den Steinen, who accompanied the German antarctic expedition (1901-1903).
Description
The height of the shell attains 12.5 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the South Georgia Islands at depths between 0 m and 26 m.
References
Margarella steineni Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA