Pearly Topshell

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(Phipps, 1774)

Margarites helicinus

Pearly Topshell

Phylum:

Mollusca

Taxonomy

Class:

Gastropoda

Order:

Trochida

Family:

Margaritidae

ANSP

Shell Information

Length (mm): 11

Chirality:

Dextral

Description:

Ecological Information

Distribution:

Greenland to Massachusetts

Depth (m):

0 to 350 meters

Diet:

Habitat:

Works Cited

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Margarites helicinus (Phipps, 1774). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141821 on 2021-06-23
Rosenberg, G. 2009. Malacolog 4.1.1: A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca. [WWW database (version 4.1.1)] URL http://www.malacolog.org/