''Antimargarita'' 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
family
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Margaritidae
Margaritidae is a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Trochoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).Bouchet, P. (2012). Margaritidae. Accessed through: World Register o ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Antimargarita'' include:
* ''
Antimargarita bentarti''
Aldea, Zelaya & Troncoso, 2009
* ''
Antimargarita dulcis''
(E.A. Smith, 1907)
* ''
Antimargarita maoria''
Dell, 1995
* ''
Antimargarita powelli''
Aldea, Zelaya & Troncoso, 2009
* ''
Antimargarita smithiana''
(Hedley, 1916)
;Species brought into synonymy :
* ''Antimargarita smithiana''
(Hedley, 1916):
synonym of ''
Submargarita smithiana''
Hedley, 1916
* ''Antimargarita thielei''
(Hedley, 1916): synonym of ''
Falsimargarita thielei''
(Hedley, 1916)
References
* Aldea C., Zelaya D.G. & Troncoso J.S. (2009) ''Two new trochids of the genus Antimargarita (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda: Trochidae) from the Bellingshausen Sea and South Shetland Islands, Antarctica''. Polar Biology 32:417–426
Margaritidae
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