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Margarella

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Margarella
Shell of Margarella antarctica (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Margarella
Thiele, 1893[1]
Type species
Margarella expansa G.B. Sowerby I, 1838
Synonyms[2]

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

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

Species

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Species within the genus Margarella include:

Species brought into synonymy

References

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  1. ^ Thiele (1893). In: Troschel Gebiss Schneck. 2, v, page 406.
  2. ^ a b 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
  • Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp

Further reading

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  • Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  • Zelaya D.G. (2004) The genus Margarella Thiele, 1893 (Gastropoda: Trochidae) in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean. The Nautilus 118(3): 112–120.
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