Falsimargarita

Falsimargarita is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]

Falsimargarita
Drawing with an apertural view of Falsimargarita gemma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Falsimargarita
Powell, 1951
Type species
Margarites gemma
E.A. Smith, 1915

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:

References
  1. Falsimargarita Powell, 1951. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
  2. de Carvalho Rios & Simone, A new species of Falsimargarita (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda: Trochidae) from the South Atlantic Ocean; The Nautilus v. 119 (2005)
  3. Falsimargarita benthicola Dell, 1990. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
  4. Falsimargarita gemma (E.A. Smith, 1915). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
  5. Falsimargarita georgiana Dell, 1990. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
  6. Falsimargarita nauduri Warén & Bouchet, 2001. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
  7. Falsimargarita stephaniae Rios & Simone, 2005. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
  8. Falsimargarita terespira Simone, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
  9. 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

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