| Margarites shinkai | |
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Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Family: | Margaritidae |
| Genus: | Margarites |
| Species: | M. shinkai |
| Binomial name | |
| Margarites shinkai Okutani, Tsuchida & Fujikura, 1992 | |
Margarites shinkai is aspecies ofsea snail, amarinegastropodmollusk in thefamilyMargaritidae.[1] The species is named after the deep diving submersibleDSV Shinkai 2000.[2]
This marine species occurs nearcold seeps off theSagami Bay,Japan.
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