Antimargarita
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Antimargarita is a genus
of sea snail
s, marine
gastropod mollusks in the family
Trochidae
, the top snails.
Species brought into synonymy :
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod mollusks in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Trochidae
Trochidae
The Trochidae, common name top snails, are a taxonomic family of very small to large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Vetigastropoda ....
, the top snails.
Species
Species within the genus Antimargarita include:- Antimargarita bentarti Aldea, Zelaya & Troncoso, 2009
- Antimargarita dulcisAntimargarita dulcisAntimargarita dulcis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.-Distribution:This species is distributed in Antarctic waters along the South Shetland Islands, the Antarctic Peninsula, the Weddell Sea and the Ross Sea.-References:* Aldea C., Zelaya...
(E.A. Smith, 1907) - Antimargarita powelli Aldea, Zelaya & Troncoso, 2009
Species brought into synonymy :
- Antimargarita smithianaAntimargarita smithianaSubmargarita smithiana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.-References:* Aldea C., Zelaya D.G. & Troncoso J.S. Two new trochids of the genus Antimargarita from the Bellingshausen Sea and South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Polar Biology...
(Hedley, 1916) : synonym of Submargarita smithiana Hedley, 1916