Falsimargarita

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

Last updated November 21, 2020

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]

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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

Powell A. W. B. (1951). Antarctic and Subantarctic Mollusca: Pelecypoda and Gastropoda. Discovery Reports, 26: 47-196, pl. 5-10

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[WoRMS-1] Falsimargarita Powell, 1951 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.

[2] 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.

Falsimargarita

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