Margarella

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Margarella
Margarella antarctica (MNHN-IM-2000-31126).jpeg
Shell of Margarella antarctica (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Margarella
Thiele, 1893 [1]
Type species
Margarella expansaG.B. Sowerby I, 1838
Synonyms [2]

MargaritellaThiele, 1891(Invalid: junior homonym of Margaritella Meek & Hayden, 1860; Margarella is a replacement name)

Contents

Margarella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Margarellinae of the family Calliostomatidae. [2]

Species

Species within the genus Margarella include:

Species brought into synonymy

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<i>Margarella violacea</i> Species of gastropod

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References

  1. Thiele (1893). In: Troschel Gebiss Schneck.2, v, page 406.
  2. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2012). Margarella Thiele, 1893. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196989 on 2012-12-07
  3. WoRMS (2010). Margarella antarctica. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=197257 on 2011-03-17
  4. Bouchet, P. (2010). Margarella whiteana Linse, 2002. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=197259 on 2011-03-17

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