Margarita (gastropod)

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Margarita
Margarita maxima (MNHN-IM-2000-31218).jpeg
Shell of Margarita maxima (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Margaritidae
Genus: Margarita
Leach, 1819
Type species
Margarita arctica
Leach, 1819

Margarita is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Margaritidae. [1]

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

Species

Species brought into synonymy
Species inquirenda

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