Margarella

Margarella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Calliostomatidae.[2]

Margarella
Margarella violacea
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Margarellinae
Genus:
Margarella

Thiele, 1893[1]
Type species
Margarella expansa
Sowerby, G.B. I, 1838
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Margaritella Thiele, 1891 (Invalid: junior homonym of Margaritella Meek & Hayden, 1860; Margarella is a replacement name)

Species

Species within the genus Margarella include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Margarella antipoda antipoda (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1854): synonym of Cantharidus antipoda (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1854)
    • Margarella antipoda hinemoa Powell, 1955: synonym of Cantharidus antipoda hinemoa (Powell, 1955)
    • Margarella antipoda puysegurensis Powell, 1939: synonym of Cantharidus antipoda puysegurensis (Powell, 1939)
    • Margarella antipoda rosea (Hutton, 1873): synonym of Cantharidus rosea (Hutton, 1873)
  • Margarella fulminata (Hutton, 1873): synonym of Cantharidus fulminatus (Hutton, 1873)
  • Margarella turneri Powell, 1939: synonym of Cantharidus turneri (Powell, 1939)

References

  1. Thiele (1893). In: Troschel Gebiss Schneck. 2, v, page 406.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2012). Margarella Thiele, 1893. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196989 on 2012-12-07
  3. WoRMS (2010). Margarella antarctica. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=197257 on 2011-03-17
  4. Bouchet, P. (2010). Margarella whiteana Linse, 2002. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=197259 on 2011-03-17
  • Zelaya D.G. (2004) The genus Margarella Thiele, 1893 (Gastropoda: Trochidae) in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean. The Nautilus 118(3): 112-120.
  • Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp

Further reading

  • NZ Mollusca
  • Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1


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