Margarella steineni
| Margarella steineni | |
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| Original image of a shell of Margarella steineni | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Calliostomatidae |
| Genus: | Margarella |
| Species: | M. steineni
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| Binomial name | |
| Margarella steineni (Strebel, 1905)
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Margarella steineni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1][2]
The species was named after Dr. Von den Steinen, who accompanied the German antarctic expedition (1901-1903).
Description
The height of the shell attains 12.5 mm.
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Distribution
This marine species occurs off the South Georgia Islands at depths between 0 m and 26 m.
References
- ^ a b Rosenberg, G. (2012). Margarella steineni (Strebel, 1905). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533030 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.
External links
- To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
- To Encyclopedia of Life
- To World Register of Marine Species
- Strebel, Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Molluskenfauna der Magalhaen-Provinz; Jena,Gustav Fischer,1904-1907