Margarites shinkai

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

Margarites shinkai
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Margaritidae
Genus: Margarites
Species:
M. shinkai
Binomial name
Margarites shinkai
Okutani, Tsuchida & Fujikura, 1992

Distribution

This marine species occurs near cold seeps off the Sagami Bay, Japan.

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Margarites shinkai Okutani, Tsuchida & Fujikura, 1992. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=512332 on 2012-09-01
  • Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999). Catalogue and bibliography of the marine shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Osaka. : Elle Scientific Publications. 749 pp.


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