Margarites pupillus

Margarites pupillus
Five views of a shell of Margarites pupillus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
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.

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