Salmon margarite | |
---|---|
Scientific classification
![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Margaritidae |
Genus: | Margarites |
Species: | M. salmoneus
|
Binomial name | |
Margarites salmoneus | |
Synonyms | |
Margarita salmonea Carpenter, 1864 |
Margarites salmoneus, common name the salmon margarite, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Margaritidae. [2] [3]
The size of the shell varies between 5 mm and 11 mm.
![]() | This section needs expansion. You can help by
adding to it. (July 2013) |
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Washington to Southern California, USA.