Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Superfamily Trochoidea Scientific name Margarites refulgens | Phylum Mollusca Clade Vetigastropoda Family Turbinidae Rank Species | |
Margarites refulgens is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Margaritidae, the turban snails.
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Description
The height of the shell attains 6 mm, its diameter also 6 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in Antarctic waters (the Weddell Sea) and subantarctic waters off the South Sandwich Islands at depths between 200 m and 1100 m.
References
Margarites refulgens Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA