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Falsimargarita
Sign in to saveFalsimargarita is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Calliostomatidae.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Falsimargarita is referenced by 22 other articles, and connects out to Mollusca, Animalia and Antarctica.
Vinony files it under Calliostomatidae, Falsimargarita and Gastropod genera.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderTrochida
- FamilyCalliostomatidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 50
- With media
- 4
- Family
- Calliostomatidae
- Collections
- USNM, SIO, NMV, ALMNH, MNHN, TMAG
- Recorded in
- New Zealand, Antarctica, Antarctique, Australia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Calliostomatidae
- Image
- Falsimargarita gemma 001.jpg
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- taxon name
- Falsimargarita
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- genus
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Description
- Distribution
- Species
- References
- External links
Falsimargarita is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Calliostomatidae.
==Description== 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Falsimargarita” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.