Margarites vorticiferus information

Vortex margarite
	Drawing with an apertural view of a shell of Margarites vorticiferus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Margaritidae
Genus:	Margarites
Species:	M. vorticiferus
Binomial name
	Margarites vorticiferus; (Dall, 1873)
Synonyms
	Margarita vorticifera Dall, 1873; Margarites vorticifer (Dall, 1873); Margarites (Omphalomargarites) vorticiferus (Dall, 1873);

Margarites vorticiferus, common name the vortex margarite, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Margaritidae.^[1]^[2]

^ Bouchet, P. (2012). Margarites vorticiferus (Dall, 1873). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=556997 on 6 July 2013
^ Kantor Yu.I. & Sysoev A.V. (2006) Marine and brackish water Gastropoda of Russia and adjacent countries: an illustrated catalogue. Moscow: KMK Scientific Press. 372 pp. + 140 pls.

[WoRMS-1] Bouchet, P. (2012). Margarites vorticiferus (Dall, 1873). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=556997 on 6 July 2013

[2] Kantor Yu.I. & Sysoev A.V. (2006) Marine and brackish water Gastropoda of Russia and adjacent countries: an illustrated catalogue. Moscow: KMK Scientific Press. 372 pp. + 140 pls.