Margarites kophameli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Margaritidae.[1]
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| Original drawing with two views of a shell of Margarites kophameli | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Margaritidae |
| Genus: | Margarites |
| Species: | M. kophameli
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| Binomial name | |
| Margarites kophameli (Strebel, 1905)
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| Synonyms | |
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Margarita kophameli Strebel, 1905 | |
Description
editThe 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
editThis marine species occurs off Argentina.
References
edit- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Margarites kophameli. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533037 on 2012-09-01
- ^ Strebel, Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Molluskenfauna der Magalhaen-Provinz; Jena,Gustav Fischer,1904-1907
External links
edit- Antarctic Invertebrates
- Encyclopedia of Life
- USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
- World Register of Marine Species
- "Margarites kophameli". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.