Margarites pribiloffensis

Margarites pribiloffensis, common name the Pribiloff margarite, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Margaritidae.[1][2]

Pribiloff margarite
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Turbinidae
Genus: Margarites
Species:
M. pribiloffensis
Binomial name
Margarites pribiloffensis
(Dall, 1919)

Description

The height of the shell attains 8 mm, its diameter 8.5 mm. The small, solid shell has a trochiform shape. It is pale straw color, with a small glassy nucleus and about 5½ subsequent well rounded whorls. The suture is distinct, and slightly appressed. The surface is dull, with fine incremental lines crossed by extremely fine spiral striae. The base is well rounded with a deep, not funicular umbilicus. The simple aperture is rounded. The outer lip produced at the suture and united with the columella by a thin glaze of enamel over the body. The inner lip is a little thickened, not reflected. The operculum is brownish with eight or more turns.[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in arctic waters.

References
  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Margarites pribiloffensis. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=528730 on 2012-09-01
  2. Turgeon, D.D., et al. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26
  3. Dall (1919) Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the North Pacific Ocean; Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum, vol. 56 (1920)
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