Antimargarita
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Antimargarita is a genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....

s, marine
Marine (ocean)
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 gastropod mollusks in the family
Family (biology)
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 Trochidae
Trochidae
The Trochidae, common name top snails, are a taxonomic family of very small to large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Vetigastropoda ....

, the top snails.

Species

Species within the genus Antimargarita include:
  • Antimargarita bentarti Aldea, Zelaya & Troncoso, 2009
  • Antimargarita dulcis
    Antimargarita dulcis
    Antimargarita dulcis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.-Distribution:This species is distributed in Antarctic waters along the South Shetland Islands, the Antarctic Peninsula, the Weddell Sea and the Ross Sea.-References:* Aldea C., Zelaya...

    (E.A. Smith, 1907)
  • Antimargarita powelli Aldea, Zelaya & Troncoso, 2009

Species brought into synonymy :
  • Antimargarita smithiana
    Antimargarita smithiana
    Submargarita smithiana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.-References:* Aldea C., Zelaya D.G. & Troncoso J.S. Two new trochids of the genus Antimargarita from the Bellingshausen Sea and South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Polar Biology...

    (Hedley, 1916) : synonym of Submargarita smithiana Hedley, 1916
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