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622:Morris, R.H.; D.P. Abbott; E.C. Haderlie (1980),
539:is found among kelp beds of the large brown kelp
308:is very oblique, rounded, iridescent inside. The
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580:Rosenberg, G. (2012).
493:Dermasterias imbricata
445:Fusitriton oregonensis
416:Predators: The crabs
481:Evasterias troschelii
431:Leptasterias hexactis
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682:Encyclopedia of Life
535:Habitat preference:
451:Ceratostoma foliatum
344:Ecology and Behavior
204:Margarita callostoma
16:Species of gastropod
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710:Margarites pupillus
654:Calliostoma ligatum
650:Margarites pupillus
582:Margarites pupillus
537:Margarites pupillus
514:, and "P. ochraceus
463:Amphissa columbiana
413:on which it lives.
350:Margarites pupillus
338:Southern California
242:Margarites pupillus
178:Margarites pupillus
42:Margarites pupillus
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487:Solaster stimpsoni
475:Pisaster ochraceus
434:readily preyed on
428:, and the seastar
425:Cancer oregonensis
245:, common name the
228:Margarita salmonea
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363:Agarum fimbriatum
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562:M. pupillus
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526:M. pupillus
522:M. pupillus
510:L. hexactis
505:M. pupillus
466:, seastars
440:M. pupillus
436:M. pupillus
403:green algae
391:brown algae
282:Description
223:Gould, 1849
926:Margarites
920:Categories
721:16 January
568:References
334:Bering Sea
147:Margarites
126:Trochoidea
102:Subclass:
96:Gastropoda
496:, though
409:feeds on
407:M. pupils
399:bryozoans
379:red algae
318:umbilicus
314:columella
310:peristome
266:gastropod
259:sea snail
154:Species:
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759:Q3733436
753:Wikidata
395:hydroids
375:detritus
306:aperture
195:Synonyms
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116:Trochida
86:Mollusca
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76:Animalia
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498:S. dira
383:diatoms
352:in the
302:sutures
271:in the
269:mollusk
255:species
253:, is a
249:or the
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490:, and
460:, and
411:Agarum
371:grazer
289:whorls
273:family
263:marine
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838:69887
820:IRMNG
294:spire
186:Gould
890:2018
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298:apex
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