Margarella steineni

Margarella steineni
Original image of a shell of Margarella steineni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Margarella
Species:
M. steineni
Binomial name
Margarella steineni
(Strebel, 1905)
Synonyms
  • Margarita expansa auct. non Sowerby I, 1838
  • Photinula steineni Strebel, 1905

Margarella steineni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.

The species was named after Karl von den Steinen, who accompanied the German Antarctic expedition (1901–1903).

Description

The height of the shell attains 12.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the South Georgia Islands at depths between 0 m and 26 m.

References

  1. 1 2 Rosenberg, G. (2012). Margarella steineni (Strebel, 1905). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533030 on 2012-12-07
  2. ↑ Zelaya D.G. (2004) The genus Margarella Thiele, 1893 (Gastropoda: Trochidae) in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean. The Nautilus 118(3): 112-120.