''Falsimargarita benthicola'' is a
species of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the
family Calliostomatidae.
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.
References
* Dell, R. K. (1990). ''Antarctic Mollusca with special reference to the fauna of the Ross Sea.'' Bulletin of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Wellington 27: 1–311 page(s): 97
* Engl W. (2012) ''Shells of Antarctica''. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp.
External links
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benthicola
Gastropods described in 1990
Fauna of the Southern Ocean
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