Antimargarita smithiana

Antimargarita smithiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:Trochoidea
Family:Margaritidae
Genus:Antimargarita
Species: A. smithiana
Binomial name
Antimargarita smithiana
(Hedley, 1916)
Synonyms[1]
  • Antimargarita smithiana Powell, 1951
  • Submargarita smithiana Hedley, 1916

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

Distribution

This marine species occurs off East Antarctica and in the Bellinghausen Sea at depths between 30 m and 1117 m.

References

  1. 1 2 Antimargarita smithiana (Hedley, 1916).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 July 2013.
  • 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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