Margarites vahlii

Margarites vahlii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Margaritidae
Genus:	Margarites
Species:	M. vahlii
Binomial name
	Margarites vahlii; (Møller, 1842)
Synonyms
	Margarita acuminata auct. non Sowerby, 1838; Margarita vahlii Möller, 1842; Margarites angulatus Galkin, 1955; Margarites hypolispus Dall, 1919; Margarites johnsoni Dall, W.H., 1921; Margarites mighelsi Rehder, H.A., 1937;

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Margarites vahlii, common name the Vahl margarite, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Margaritidae.^[1]

Description

The height of the shell attains 1.2 mm, its diameter 1.8 mm. The small, solid shell has a turbinate shape. It is pale flesh color, polished, smooth. It has five well rounded whorls, including a minute subglobular nucleus. The suture is very distinct, not appressed. The base of the shell is rounded with a narrow deep perforate umbilicus. The simple aperture is subcircular. The inner lip is hardly thickened. The body is covered with a thin coat of enamel.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Greenland, Canada, in the Arctic Ocean north of Bering Strait, at depths between 4 m and 931 m.

References

^ ^a ^b Margarites vahlii (Møller, 1842). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 April 2010.
^ Dall (1919) Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the North Pacific Ocean; Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum, vol. 56 (1920)

Möller, H. P. C. 1842. Index molluscorum Groenlandiae. Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift 4: 76–97.
Dall, W. H. 1921. Nomenclatorial notes. Nautilus 35: 49–50.

External links

"Margarites vahlii". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

[WoRMS-1] Margarites vahlii (Møller, 1842). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 April 2010.

[2] Dall (1919) Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the North Pacific Ocean; Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum, vol. 56 (1920)

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