Falsimargarita

Falsimargarita
Drawing with an apertural view of Falsimargarita gemma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Subfamily: Calliostomatinae
Genus: Falsimargarita
Powell, 1951
Type species
Margarites gemma E.A. Smith, 1915

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:

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