Margaritidae
Sign in to saveMargaritidae 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).
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Within Vinony's link graph, Margaritidae is referenced by 79 other articles, and connects out to Mollusca, Animalia and ocean.
It is catalogued under topics including Gastropod families and Margaritidae.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderTrochida
- FamilyMargaritidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 41
- Family
- Margaritidae
- Collections
- UWBM, PRI, DMNH, CM, CHAS, CMN
- Recorded in
- United States, Russia, Nouvelle-Caledonie, Mexico, Guadeloupe
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Trochoidea
- Image
- Callogaza watsoni 001.jpg
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- topic's main category
- Category:Margaritidae
- taxon name
- Margaritidae
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- family
- Commons category
- Margaritidae
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Encyclopedic overview
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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).
Margaritinae Thiele, 1924, originally a subfamily in Trochidae was moved to Turbinidae following Williams et al. 2007. It has been elevated to the rank of family Margaritidae. This family has no subfamilies.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Margaritidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.