- Source: Margarites refulgens
Margarites refulgens is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Margaritidae, the turban snails.
Description
The height of the shell attains 6 mm, its diameter also 6 mm.
Margarites refulgens has a unaccepted status, and its accepted name is Margarella refulgens.
Distribution
This species occurs in Antarctic waters (the Weddell Sea) and subantarctic waters off the South Sandwich Islands at depths between 200 m and 1100 m.
References
Smith, E. A. 1907. Mollusca. II. Gastropoda. National Antarctic Expedition 1901-1904, Natural History 2: 12 pp., 2 pls. British Museum (Natural History): London.
Engl W. (2012) Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp
