Margarella wacei

Margarella wacei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:Trochoidea
Family:Calliostomatidae
Genus:Margarella
Species: M. wacei
Binomial name
Margarella wacei
(Melvill & Standen, 1918)
Synonyms
  • Margarites wacei (Melvill & Standen, 1918)
  • Photinula wacei Melvill & Standen, 1918 (original combination)

Margarella wacei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]

Description

The height of the shell attains 8 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Falkland Islands.

References

  1. ↑ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Margarella wacei (Melvill & Standen, 1918). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533034 on 2012-12-07
  • Melvill, J. C. and R. Standen. 1918. Photinula wacei sp. n. from the Falkland Islands. Journal of Conchology 15: 234
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