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Margarita (gastropod)

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Trochoidea

Genus
  
Margarita Leach, 1814

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Margaritidae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Margarita is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Margaritidae.

The name of this genus has become invalid as junior homonym of Margarita Leach, 1814 [Bivalvia, Pteriidae], a synonym of Pinctada Röding, 1798. The accepted name is Margarites Gray, 1847

Species

Species brought into synonymy 
  • Margarita actinophora Dall, 1890 : synonym of Calliotropis actinophora (Dall, 1890)
  • Margarita angulata A. Adams, 1853 : synonym of Peasiella tantilla (Gould, 1849)
  • Margarita cumingii A. Adams, 1851: synonym of Broderipia cumingii A. Adams, 1851
  • Margarita expansa G.B. Sowerby I, 1838: synonym of Photinula expansa (G.B. Sowerby I, 1838)
  • Margarita imperialis Dall, 1881: synonym of Lischkeia imperialis (Dall, 1881)
  • Margarita infundibulum  : synonym of Calliotropis infundibulum (Watson, 1879)
  • Margarita lissocona Dall, 1881: synonym of Calliotropis lissocona (Dall, 1881)
  • Margarita marmoreus Pease, 1861: synonym of Calliotrochus marmoreus (Pease, 1861)
  • Margarita ponsonbyi Preston, 1908: synonym of Calliotrochus marmoreus (Pease, 1861)
  • Margarita regalis Verrill & S. Smith, 1880: synonym of Calliotropis regalis (Verrill & Smith, 1880)
  • Margarita striatula (Garrett, 1857): synonym of Calliotrochus marmoreus (Pease, 1861)
  • Margarita subantarctica Strebel, 1908: synonym of Margarella subantarctica (Strebel, 1908)
  • Margarita tasmanica Tenison-Woods, 1877: synonym of Truncatella scalarina Cox, 1867
  • Margarita undulata G.B. Sowerby I, 1838: synonym of Margarites undulata (G.B. Sowerby, I, 1838)
    • Species inquerenda
  • Margarita lacazei var. nigricans Vélain, 1877

    • References

    Margarita (gastropod) Wikipedia
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