Margarites albolineatus
| Margarites albolineatus | |
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| Drawing with an apertural view of a shell of Margarites albolineatus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Clade: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Turbinidae |
| Genus: | Margarites |
| Species: | M. albolineatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Margarites albolineatus (E. A. Smith, 1899) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Valvatella albolineata E. A. Smith, 1899 | |
Margarites albolineatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Margaritidae, the turban snails.[1][2][3]
Description
The height of the shell attains 4.5 mm, its diameter 8 mm. The imperforate shell has a depressed, suborbicular shape. The short spire consists of 5 convex whorls, that increase rapidly in size. It contains many white, filiform spiral threads. There is a large, round aperture, that is iridescent inside.[4]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the coast of the Bering Sea.
References
- ↑ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Margarites albolineatus (E. A. Smith, 1899). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=528722 on 2012-09-01
- ↑ Turgeon, D.D., et al. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26
- ↑ Kantor Yu.I. & Sysoev A.V. (2006) Marine and brackish water Gastropoda of Russia and adjacent countries: an illustrated catalogue. Moscow: KMK Scientific Press. 372 pp. + 140 pls.
- ↑ Edgar A. Smith, On some mollusca from Bering Sea with descriptions of two new species of Trochidae; Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London vol. 3 (1898-1899)
External links
| External identifiers for Margarites albolineatus | |
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| Encyclopedia of Life | 579004 |
| ITIS | 567855 |
| WoRMS | 528722 |
- To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
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- To World Register of Marine Species
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