Margarites refulgens is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Margaritidae, the turban snails.[1]

Margarites refulgens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Margaritidae
Genus: Margarites
Species:
M. refulgens
Binomial name
Margarites refulgens
(E.A. Smith, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Margarella expansa J. Gaillard, 1954
  • Margarella refulgens (E. A. Smith, 1907)
  • Valvatella refulgens E. A. Smith, 1907 (original combination)

Description

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The height of the shell attains 6 mm, its diameter also 6 mm.

Margarites refulgens has a unaccepted status, and its accepted name is Margarella refulgens.[1]

Distribution

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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

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  1. ^ a b Margarites refulgens (Smith, 1907). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 April 2010.
  • Smith, E. A. 1907. Mollusca. II. Gastropoda. National Antarctic Expedition 1901-1904, Natural History 2: 12 pp., 2 pls. British Museum (Natural History): London.
  • Engl W. (2012) Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp