Margarites keepi

Keep margarite
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Family:	Margaritidae
Genus:	Margarites
Species:	M. keepi
Binomial name
Margarites keepi Smith & Gordon, 1948

Margarites keepi, common name the Keep margarite, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Margaritidae.

Description

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The height of the shell attains 2 mm, its diameter is 2.1 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off California, USA.

References

• Smith & Gordon, The marine mollusks and brachiopods of Monterey Bay, California, and vicinity; Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 4th ser. v. 26 (1948)

External links

• Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
• Encyclopedia of Life
• ITIS
• World Register of Marine Species

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