Falsimargarita
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| Falsimargarita | |
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| Drawing with an apertural view of Falsimargarita gemma | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Calliostomatidae |
| 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]
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.
