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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)
> challengerica (Species)
Images: Falsimargarita challengerica B.A. Marshall, 2016
Paratype, collected 22 Apr 1980, western slope of Challenger Plateau, NZ (M.316912). ~6mm. © 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)
> challengerica (Species)
Details: Falsimargarita challengerica B.A. Marshall, 2016
Size/Grows to:
Width 6.2mm
Distribution:
Challenger Plateau, from 1760-1799m
Type Data:
  • 1750-1800 metres, Challenger Plateau, Tasman Basin, NZ, (holotype, 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.131) 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