Falsimargarita callista
| Falsimargarita callista | |
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| Specimen collected during the Ocean Census Bounty Trough expedition | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Calliostomatidae |
| Genus: | Falsimargarita |
| Species: | F. callista
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| Binomial name | |
| Falsimargarita callista B. A. Marshall, 2016
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Falsimargarita callista is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Calliostomatidae within the superfamily Trochoidea, the top snails, turban snails and their allies.[1][2]
Distribution[edit]
This species occurs in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone.[1]
Cataloguing milestone[edit]
In 2024 a specimen of this species, collected during the Ocean Census Bounty Trough expedition, became the 1 millionth item to have a catalogue record published by Te Papa on its catalogue online website.[3]
References[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Falsimargarita callista.
- ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Falsimargarita callista B. A. Marshall, 2016. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=881083 on 2018-12-28
- ^ 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: 119-141.
- ^ Walton, Kerry (2024-04-09). "One million records – we're shellebrating the occasion!". Te Papa’s Blog. Retrieved 2024-04-10.