{{Short description|Species of gastropod}} {{Speciesbox | name= Keep margarite | taxon = Margarites keepi | image = | image_caption = | authority = Smith & Gordon, 1948 | synonyms_ref = | synonyms = }} '''''Margarites keepi''''', common name the '''Keep margarite''', is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Margaritidae.<ref name="WoRMS">Rosenberg, G. (2012). ''Margarites keepi''. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=528727 on 2012-09-01</ref><ref>Turgeon, D.D., et al. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26</ref>
==Description== The height of the shell attains 2 mm, its diameter 2.1 mm. {{Expand section|date= September 2013}}
==Distribution== This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off California, USA.
==References== {{reflist}} * [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15656053#page/236/mode/1up Smith & Gordon, ''The marine mollusks and brachiopods of Monterey Bay, California, and vicinity''; Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 4th ser. v. 26 (1948)]
==External links== * [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/name/Margarites+keepi Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)] * [http://www.eol.org/pages/493288 Encyclopedia of Life] * [https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=69904 ITIS] * [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=528727 World Register of Marine Species] {{Taxonbar|from=Q3739642}}
keepi Category:Gastropods described in 1948
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