Margarites pupillus

Margarites pupillus
Five views of a shell of Margarites pupillus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Margaritidae
Genus: Margarites
Species:
M. pupillus
Binomial name
Margarites pupillus
(Gould, 1849)
Synonyms
  • Margarita callostoma A. Adams, 1851
  • Margarita inflata Carpenter, 1865
  • Margarita pupilla Gould, 1849
  • Margarita salmonea Carpenter, 1864

Margarites pupillus, common name the puppet margarite or the little margarite, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Margaritidae, the turban snails.[1][2]

  1. ^ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Margarites pupillus (Gould, 1849). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=528731 on 2012-09-01
  2. ^ Turgeon, D.D., et al. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26