Margaritidae is a
family
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of small
sea snails,
marine gastropod mollusk
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...
s in the superfamily
Trochoidea (according to the
taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
[Bouchet, P. (2012). Margaritidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=714634 on 3 JUly 2013]
Margaritinae
Thiele, 1924, originally a subfamily in
Trochidae
The Trochidae, common name top-snails or top-shells, are a family of various sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subclass Vetigastropoda. This family is commonly known as the top-snails because in many species the shell resemb ...
was moved to
Turbinidae
Turbinidae, the turban snails, are a family of small to large marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Trochoidea.Bouchet, P. (2014). Turbinidae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies ...
following Williams et al. 2007. It has been elevated to the rank of family Margaritidae. This family has no subfamilies.
Genera
Genera within the family Margaritidae include:
* ''
Anomphalogaza''
Hickman, 2012
* ''
Antimargarita''
Powell, 1951
* ''
Callogaza''
Dall, 1881
* ''
Gaza''
Watson, 1879
* ''
Margarites''
Gray, 1847
;Genera brought into synonymy:
* ''Eumargarita''
P. Fischer, 1885: synonym of ''Margarites''
Gray, 1847
* ''Margarita''
Leach, 1819: synonym of ''Margarites''
Gray, 1847
* ''Valvatella''
Gray, 1857: synonym of ''Margarites''
Gray, 1847
References
* Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2005) ''Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families''. Malacologia 47(1-2): 1-397
* Hickman C.S. (2012) ''A new genus and two new species of deep-sea gastropods (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda: Gazidae)''. The Nautilus 126(2): 57–67
* Williams S.T. (2012) ''Advances in molecular systematics of the vetigastropod superfamily Trochoidea''. Zoologica Scripta 41(6): 571-595.
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