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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CALLIOSTOMATIDAE: FAUTRICINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Calliostomatidae (Family)
> Fautricinae (Subfamily)
> Falsimargarita (Genus)
> callista (Species)
Images: Falsimargarita callista B.A. Marshall, 2016
Near lower reaches of Brodie Canyon, ENE of Nugget Pt, NZ (M.336711). 13mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Near lower reaches of Brodie Canyon, ENE of Nugget Pt, NZ (M.336711). 13mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Near lower reaches of Brodie Canyon, ENE of Nugget Pt, NZ (M.336711). 13mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CALLIOSTOMATIDAE: FAUTRICINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Calliostomatidae (Family)
> Fautricinae (Subfamily)
> Falsimargarita (Genus)
> callista (Species)
Details: Falsimargarita callista B.A. Marshall, 2016
Size/Grows to:
Height 13mm, Width 12.1mm
Distribution:
Bounty Plateau, from 532-726m
Type Data:
  • 530 metres, Bounty Plateau, NZ, (holotype)
  • 725 metres, Bounty Plateau, NZ, (paratype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A. 2016 New species of Venustatrochus Powell, 1951 from New Zealand, and new species of Falsimargarita Powell, 1951 and a new genus of the Calliostomatidae from the southwest Pacific, with comments on some other calliostomatid genera (Mollusca: Gastropoda), Molluscan Research, 36(2) (p.130) Original Description

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil