Margarella obsoleta

Margarella obsoleta
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Calliostomatidae
Genus:	Margarella
Species:	M. obsoleta
Binomial name
	Margarella obsoleta; A. W. B. Powell, 1951
Synonyms
	Margarella (Promargarita) tropidophoroides obsoleta A. W. B. Powell, 1951 (basionym); Photinula carinata Lamy, 1911;

Margarella obsoleta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.^[1]^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in subantarctic waters off South Georgia.

^ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Margarella obsoleta. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533028 on 2012-12-07
^ Zelaya D.G. (2004) The genus Margarella Thiele, 1893 (Gastropoda: Trochidae) in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean. The Nautilus 118(3): 112-120.

Lamy, E. 1911. Sur quelques mollusques de la Géorgia du Sud et des îles Sandwich du Sud. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 1911: 22-27
Powell, A. W. B. 1951. Antarctic and Subantarctic Mollusca: Pelecypoda and Gastropoda. Discovery Reports 26: 47-196, pls. 5-10.

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