Margarella steineni
Species of gastropod
| Margarella steineni | |
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| Original image of a shell of Margarella steineni | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Calliostomatidae |
| Genus: | Margarella |
| Species: | M. steineni |
| Binomial name | |
| Margarella steineni (Strebel, 1905) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Margarella steineni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1][2]
The species was named after Karl 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
- ^ a b Rosenberg, G. (2012). Margarella steineni (Strebel, 1905). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533030 on 2012-12-07
- ^ Zelaya D.G. (2004) The genus Margarella Thiele, 1893 (Gastropoda: Trochidae) in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean. The Nautilus 118(3): 112-120.
External links
- Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
- Encyclopedia of Life
- World Register of Marine Species
- Strebel, Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Molluskenfauna der Magalhaen-Provinz; Jena,Gustav Fischer,1904-1907
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