Falsimargarita thielei

Falsimargarita thielei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Calliostomatidae
Subfamily:	Calliostomatinae
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.^[1]

Description

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

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

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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