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Falsimargarita thielei

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Species of sea snail

Falsimargarita thielei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Falsimargarita
Species: F. thielei
Binomial name
Falsimargarita thielei
(Hedley, 1916)
Synonyms
  • Antimargarita thielei (Hedley, 1916)
  • Minolia thielei Hedley, 1916 (original combination)

Falsimargarita thielei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.

Description

The size of the shell varies between 8 mm and 22 mm.

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Distribution

This marine species occurs off the South Shetland Islands and the South Orkney Islands at depths between 300 m and 400 m.

References

  1. Falsimargarita thielei (Hedley, 1916). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  • Hedley, C. 1916. Mollusca. Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914. Scientific Reports (C)4: 80 pp., 9 pls.
  • Dell, R. K. (1990). Antarctic Mollusca with special reference to the fauna of the Ross Sea. Bulletin of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Wellington 27: 1–311 page(s): 93
  • Engl W. (2012) Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp

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Taxon identifiers
Falsimargarita thielei


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