Margarita (gastropod)

Margarita (gastropod)
Margarita
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Turbinidae
Genus: Margarita
Leach, 1814

Margarita is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turbinidae, the top snails.[1]

The name of this genus has become invalid as junior homonym of Margarita Leach, 1814 [Bivalvia, Pteriidae], a synonym of Pinctada Röding, 1798. The accepted name is Margarites Gray, 1847

Species

Species within the genus Margarita include:

Species brought into synonymy 
  • Margarita actinophora Dall, 1890 : synonym of Calliotropis actinophora (Dall, 1890)
  • Margarita angulata A. Adams, 1853  : synonym of Peasiella tantilla (Gould, 1849)
  • Margarita expansa G.B. Sowerby I, 1838  : synonym of Photinula expansa (G.B. Sowerby I, 1838)
  • Margarita imperialis Dall, 1881  : synonym of Lischkeia imperialis (Dall, 1881)
  • Margarita infundibulum  : synonym of Calliotropis infundibulum (Watson, 1879)
  • Margarita lissocona Dall, 1881  : synonym of Calliotropis lissocona (Dall, 1881)
  • Margarita regalis Verrill & S. Smith, 1880  : synonym of Calliotropis regalis (Verrill & Smith, 1880)
  • Margarita undulata G.B. Sowerby I, 1838  : synonym of Margarites undulata (G.B. Sowerby, I, 1838)

References

  1. ^ Margarita Leach, 1814.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138592  on 12 March 2011.
  2. ^ Margarita subantarctica Strebel, 1908.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=197260 on 1 May 2010.

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