title: Margarites smithi
text: # Margarites smithi
  
  Margarites smithi, common name the Smith margarite, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Margaritidae.
  
  ## Description
  
  The height of the shell attains 1.6 mm, its diameter 1.7 mm.
  
  ## Distribution
  
  The type of this marine species was collected off Monterey, California.
  
  