''Acromargarita'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s,
marine gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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s in the subfamily
Mitrinae of the
family
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Mitridae
Mitridae, known as mitres or mitre shells, are a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of sea snails, widely distributed marine (ocean), marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Mitroidea.
Both the Latin name and the common name a ...
.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Acromargarita S.-I Huang, 2021. Accessed through: World Register of Marine * At: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1513572 on 2021-09-18]
Species
Species within the genus ''Acromargarita'' include:
* ''
Acromargarita cappuccino''
S.-I Huang, 2021
* ''
Acromargarita cuyosae''
(Poppe, 2008)
* ''
Acromargarita deynzeri''
(Cernohorsky, 1980)
* ''
Acromargarita kilburni'' (
Poppe, Tagaro & R. Salisbury, 2009)
* ''
Acromargarita mackayorum''
(S.-I Huang & Q.-Y. Chuo, 2019)
* ''
Acromargarita musa'' S.
-I Huang, 2021
* ''
Acromargarita oliverai''
(Poppe, 2008)
* ''
Acromargarita semperi''
(Poppe, Tagaro & R. Salisbury, 2009)
* ''
Acromargarita spes''
S.-I Huang, 2023
* ''
Acromargarita yayanae''
(S.-I Huang, 2011)
References
* Huang, S.-I. (2021). A new genus Acromargarita n. gen. and four new Mitridae from the Indo-Pacific Ocean (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Visaya. 5(5): 79-94.
Acromargarita
''Acromargarita'' is a genus of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Mitrinae of the family (biology), family Mitridae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Acromargarita S.-I Huang, 2021. Accessed through: Wor ...
Gastropod genera
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