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

Margarita
Shell of Margarita maxima (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Margaritidae
Genus: Margarita
Leach, 1819
Type species
Margarita arctica
Leach, 1819

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

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Species brought into synonymy
Species inquirenda
  • Margarita carinata A. Adams, 1853
  • Margarita ianthina Gould, 1861
  • Margarita lacazei var. nigricans Vélain, 1877
  • Margarita lenticula Gould, 1861
  • Margarita maxima G. B. Sowerby II, 1878 (use in recent literature currently undocumented)
  • Margarita persica Gould, 1852
  • Margarita pulchella Reeve, 1848
  • Margarita pulcherrima G. B. Sowerby II, 1878 (use in recent literature currently undocumented)
  • Margarita sigaretina G. B. Sowerby I, 1838 (use in recent literature currently undocumented)
  • Margarita tessellata A. Adams, 1853
  • Margarita variabilis A. Adams, 1853
  • Margarita vulgaris G. B. Sowerby I, 1838 (use in recent literature currently undocumented)

References

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  1. ^ Margarita Leach, 1814. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 March 2011.
  2. ^ Margarita subantarctica Strebel, 1908. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.