Falsimargarita benthicola

Falsimargarita benthicola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Subfamily: Calliostomatinae
Genus: Falsimargarita
Species: F. benthicola
Binomial name
Falsimargarita benthicola
Dell, 1990

Falsimargarita benthicola is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]

Description

The height of the shell attains 21 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Drake Passage, Antarctica, at depths between 3010 m and 3510 m.

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