Falsimargarita thielei

Falsimargarita thielei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Subfamily: Calliostomatinae
Genus: Falsimargarita
Species: F. thielei
Binomial name
Falsimargarita thielei
(Hedley, 1916)
Synonyms
  • Antimargarita thielei (Hedley, 1916)
  • Minolia thielei Hedley, 1916 (original combination)

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

Description

The size of the shell varies between 8 mm and 22 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the South Shetland Islands and the South Orkney Islands at depths between 300 m and 400 m.

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