Margarita is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Margaritidae.
The name of this genus has become invalid as junior homonym of Margarita Leach, 1814 [Bivalvia, Pteriidae], a synonym of Pinctada Röding, 1798. The accepted name is Margarites Gray, 1847.
Species Species brought into synonymy Margarita actinophora Dall, 1890 : synonym of Calliotropis actinophora (Dall, 1890) Margarita angulata A. Adams, 1853 : synonym of Peasiella tantilla (Gould, 1849) Margarita cumingii A. Adams, 1851: synonym of Broderipia cumingii A. Adams, 1851 Margarita expansa G.B. Sowerby I, 1838: synonym of Photinula expansa (G.B. Sowerby I, 1838) Margarita imperialis Dall, 1881: synonym of Lischkeia imperialis (Dall, 1881) Margarita infundibulum : synonym of Calliotropis infundibulum (Watson, 1879) Margarita lissocona Dall, 1881: synonym of Calliotropis lissocona (Dall, 1881) Margarita marmoreus Pease, 1861: synonym of Calliotrochus marmoreus (Pease, 1861) Margarita ponsonbyi Preston, 1908: synonym of Calliotrochus marmoreus (Pease, 1861) Margarita regalis Verrill & S. Smith, 1880: synonym of Calliotropis regalis (Verrill & Smith, 1880) Margarita striatula (Garrett, 1857): synonym of Calliotrochus marmoreus (Pease, 1861) Margarita subantarctica Strebel, 1908: synonym of Margarella subantarctica (Strebel, 1908) Margarita tasmanica Tenison-Woods, 1877: synonym of Truncatella scalarina Cox, 1867 Margarita undulata G.B. Sowerby I, 1838: synonym of Margarites undulata (G.B. Sowerby, I, 1838)
Species inquirenda Margarita carinata A. Adams, 1853 Margarita ianthina Gould, 1861 Margarita lacazei var. nigricans Vélain, 1877 Margarita lenticula Gould, 1861 Margarita maxima G. B. Sowerby II, 1878 (use in recent literature currently undocumented) Margarita persica Gould, 1852 Margarita pulchella Reeve, 1848 Margarita pulcherrima G. B. Sowerby II, 1878 (use in recent literature currently undocumented) Margarita sigaretina G. B. Sowerby I, 1838 (use in recent literature currently undocumented) Margarita tessellata A. Adams, 1853 Margarita variabilis A. Adams, 1853 Margarita vulgaris G. B. Sowerby I, 1838 (use in recent literature currently undocumented)
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