Margarita (gastropod)

Margarita
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Margaritidae
Genus: Margarita
Leach, 1814

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

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

Species brought into synonymy 
Species inquerenda

References


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