Falsimargarita georgiana

Falsimargarita georgiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Subfamily: Calliostomatinae
Genus: Falsimargarita
Species: F. georgiana
Binomial name
Falsimargarita georgiana
Dell, 1990

Falsimargarita georgiana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 20 mm and 31 mm. It has a rounded whorl profile and a uniform spiral sculpture.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the South Georgia Islands at depths between 2718 m and 2818 m.

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