Margarella jason

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

Margarella jason
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Margarella
Species:
M. jason
Binomial name
Margarella jason
A. W. B. Powell, 1951

Description

The height of the shell attains 10 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the South Georgia Islands at depths between 238 m and 270 m.

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Margarella jason A. W. B. Powell, 1951. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533027 on 2012-12-07
  • Powell, A. W. B. 1951. Antarctic and Subantarctic Mollusca: Pelecypoda and Gastropoda. Discovery Reports 26: 47-196, pls. 5-10.


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