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Antimargarita smithiana

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Antimargarita smithiana
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. smithiana
Binomial name
Antimargarita smithiana
(Hedley, 1916)
Synonyms[1]
  • Antimargarita smithiana Powell, 1951
  • Submargarita smithiana Hedley, 1916

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

Description

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Distribution

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This marine species occurs off East Antarctica and in the Bellinghausen Sea at depths between 30 m and 1117 m.

References

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  • 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
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