Antimargarita dulcis

Antimargarita dulcis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:Trochoidea
Family:Margaritidae
Genus:Antimargarita
Species: A. dulcis
Binomial name
Antimargarita dulcis
(E.A. Smith, 1907)
Synonyms[1]
  • Margarites dulcis E. A. Smith, 1907
  • Minolia dulcis E. A. Smith, 1907
  • Valvatella dulcis E.A. Smith, 1907 (original description)

Antimargarita dulcis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Margaritidae.[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 9 mm and 15 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in Antarctic waters off the South Shetland Islands, the Antarctic Peninsula, the Weddell Sea and the Ross Sea.

References

  1. 1 2 Antimargarita dulcis (E.A. Smith, 1907).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 23 May 2012.
  • Aldea C., Zelaya D.G. & Troncoso J.S. (2009) Two new trochids of the genus Antimargarita (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda: Trochidae) from the Bellingshausen Sea and South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Polar Biology 32:417–426
  • Engl W. (2012) Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp


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