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Falsimargarita

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Calliostomatidae

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Trochoidea

Subfamily
  
Calliostomatinae

Falsimargarita

Similar
  
Otukaia, Calliostomatidae, Solariella, Astele, Calliostoma

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

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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.

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 benthicola Dell, 1990
  • Falsimargarita gemma (E.A. Smith, 1915)
  • Falsimargarita georgiana Dell, 1990
  • Falsimargarita iris (E.A. Smith, 1915)
  • Falsimargarita nauduri Warén & Bouchet, 2001
  • Falsimargarita stephaniae Rios & Simone, 2005
  • Falsimargarita terespira Simone, 2008
  • Falsimargarita thielei (Hedley, 1916)

    • References

    Falsimargarita Wikipedia
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