Biology:Falsimargarita
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Short description: Genus of sea snails
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Calliostomatidae |
| Genus: | Falsimargarita Powell, 1951 |
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| Margarites gemma E.A. Smith, 1915
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Falsimargarita is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]
Description
This genus differs from the other genera in the family Calliostomatidae by several characteristics: the conspicuous spiral whorls, obvious sculpture, an open umbilicus, a thin shell and external iridescence.[2]
Distribution
The species of this cold-water genus occurs in Antarctic waters and off the Magellanic Region of South America.
Species
Species within the genus Falsimargarita include:
- Falsimargarita atlantoides (Quinn, 1992)
- Falsimargarita benthicola Dell, 1990[3]
- Falsimargarita callista B. A. Marshall, 2016
- Falsimargarita challengerica B. A. Marshall, 2016
- Falsimargarita coriolis B. A. Marshall, 2016
- Falsimargarita coronata (Quinn, 1992)
- Falsimargarita eximia B. A. Marshall, 2016
- Falsimargarita gemma (E.A. Smith, 1915)[4]
- Falsimargarita georgiana Dell, 1990[5]
- Falsimargarita glaucophaos (Barnard, 1963)
- Falsimargarita imperialis (Simone & Birman, 2006)
- Falsimargarita iris (E.A. Smith, 1915)
- Falsimargarita kapala B. A. Marshall, 2016
- Falsimargarita nauduri Warén & Bouchet, 2001[6]
- †Falsimargarita parvispira Quilty, Darragh, Gallagher & Harding, 2016
- Falsimargarita renkeri Engl, 2020
- Falsimargarita stephaniae Rios & Simone, 2005[7]
- Falsimargarita tangaroa B. A. Marshall, 2016
- Falsimargarita terespira Simone, 2008[8]
- Falsimargarita thielei (Hedley, 1916)[9]
References
- ↑ Falsimargarita Powell, 1951. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
- ↑ de Carvalho Rios & Simone, A new species of Falsimargarita (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda: Trochidae) from the South Atlantic Ocean; The Nautilus v. 119 (2005)
- ↑ Falsimargarita benthicola Dell, 1990. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
- ↑ Falsimargarita gemma (E.A. Smith, 1915). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
- ↑ Falsimargarita georgiana Dell, 1990. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
- ↑ Falsimargarita nauduri Warén & Bouchet, 2001. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
- ↑ Falsimargarita stephaniae Rios & Simone, 2005. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
- ↑ Falsimargarita terespira Simone, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
- ↑ Falsimargarita thielei (Hedley, 1916). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
- Dell R.K. (1990). Antarctic Mollusca with special reference to the fauna of the Ross Sea. Bulletin of the Royal Society of New Zealand., 27, 1–3,264-285 pp. page(s): 93
- Marshall, B. A. (2016). New species of Venustatrochus Powell, 1951 from New Zealand, and new species of Falsimargarita Powell, 1951 and a new genus of the Calliostomatidae from the southwest Pacific, with comments on some other calliostomatid genera (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Molluscan Research. 36: 119-141
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q5432780 entry
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