Greenland margarite

Margarites groenlandicus

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Order: Trochida
Family: Margaritidae

Margarites groenlandicus, common name the Greenland margarite or wavy top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Margaritidae. There are two subspecies : Margarites groenlandicus groenlandicus (Gmelin, 1791) Margarites groenlandicus kurilensis Golikov & Gulbin, 1978 Margarites groenlandicus umbilicalis Broderip & Sowerby, 1829 (synonym : Margarites umbilicalis Broderip & Sowerby, 1829) Description The wavy top shell is thin-shelled and rather small with a maximum length of 1. 9 cm (¾ inch) and a compressed spire.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United Kingdom · 3

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Vsevolod Rudyi, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionMargarites groenlandicus, Wikipedia contributors

Greenland margarite

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