Antimargarita dulcis

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

Antimargarita dulcis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Margaritidae
Genus: Antimargarita
Species:
A. dulcis
Binomial name
Antimargarita dulcis
(E.A. Smith, 1907)
Synonyms[1]
  • Margarites dulcis E. A. Smith, 1907
  • Minolia dulcis E. A. Smith, 1907
  • Valvatella dulcis E.A. Smith, 1907 (original description)

Description

The shell size varies between 9 mm and 15 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in Antarctic waters off the South Shetland Islands, the Antarctic Peninsula, the Weddell Sea and the Ross Sea.

References
  1. Antimargarita dulcis (E.A. Smith, 1907). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 23 May 2012.
  • 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
  • "Antimargarita dulcis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 1 February 2011.


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