Falsimargarita is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Calliostomatidae.
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.
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 <small>(Quinn, 1992)</small>
- Falsimargarita benthicola <small>Dell, 1990</small>
- Falsimargarita callista <small>B. A. Marshall, 2016</small>
- Falsimargarita challengerica <small>B. A. Marshall, 2016</small>
- Falsimargarita coriolis <small>B. A. Marshall, 2016</small>
- Falsimargarita coronata <small>(Quinn, 1992)</small>
- Falsimargarita eximia <small>B. A. Marshall, 2016</small>
- Falsimargarita gemma <small>(E.A. Smith, 1915)</small>
- Falsimargarita georgiana <small>Dell, 1990</small>
- Falsimargarita glaucophaos <small>(Barnard, 1963)</small>
- Falsimargarita imperialis <small>(Simone & Birman, 2006)</small>
- Falsimargarita iris <small>(E.A. Smith, 1915)</small>
- Falsimargarita kapala <small>B. A. Marshall, 2016</small>
- Falsimargarita nauduri <small>Warén & Bouchet, 2001</small>
- â Falsimargarita parvispira <small>Quilty, Darragh, Gallagher & Harding, 2016</small>
- Falsimargarita renkeri <small>Engl, 2020</small>
- Falsimargarita stephaniae <small>Rios & Simone, 2005</small>
- Falsimargarita tangaroa <small>B. A. Marshall, 2016</small>
- Falsimargarita terespira <small>Simone, 2008</small>
- Falsimargarita thielei <small>(Hedley, 1916)</small>
References
- 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, 1âÂÂ3,264-285 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
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