Margarites kophameli

Margarites kophameli
Original drawing with two views of a shell of Margarites kophameli
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea (superfamily)
Family: Turbinidae
Genus: Margarites
Species: M. kophameli
Binomial name
Margarites kophameli
(Strebel, 1905)
Synonyms

Margarita kophameli Strebel, 1905

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

Description

The height of the shell is 7.5 mm, its diameter 8.8 mm.The five whorls of the yellowish-white, umbilicated shell increase rapidly in size. They are flattened at the suture and then moderately curved. Only the body whorl is more curved and slightly wrinkled at the base and the funnel-shaped umbilicus. The sculpture consists of very fine, sharp lines of growth. They are crossed by very fine, spiral threads, which are separated by approximately equal intervals.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Argentina.

References

External links

External identifiers for Margarites kophameli
Encyclopedia of Life 4796324
WoRMS 533037
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