Margarita (gastropod)

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Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Trochoidea Genus MargaritaLeach, 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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