Vortex margarite | |
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Drawing with an apertural view of a shell of Margarites vorticiferus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Margaritidae |
Genus: | Margarites |
Species: | M. vorticiferus
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Binomial name | |
Margarites vorticiferus (
Dall, 1873)
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Synonyms | |
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Margarites vorticiferus, common name the vortex margarite, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Margaritidae. [1] [2]
The size of the salmon pink shell varies between 8 mm and 22 mm.
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This marine species occurs in Asian arctic waters and from Alaska to Southern California, USA;