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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CALLIOSTOMATIDAE: FAUTRICINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Calliostomatidae (Family)
> Fautricinae (Subfamily)
> Falsimargarita (Genus)
> tangaroa (Species)
Images: Falsimargarita tangaroa B.A. Marshall, 2016
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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CALLIOSTOMATIDAE: FAUTRICINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Calliostomatidae (Family)
> Fautricinae (Subfamily)
> Falsimargarita (Genus)
> tangaroa (Species)
Details: Falsimargarita tangaroa B.A. Marshall, 2016
Size/Grows to:
Height 22mm, Diameter 16.4mm
Distribution:
West Norfolk Ridge and Three Kings Rise, from 800-1365m
Type Data:
  • 1360-1475 metres, Northern Three Kings Rise, NZ, (paratype)
  • 1100-1090 metres, northern Three Kings Rise, NZ, (paratype)
  • 1250-1300 metres, West Norfolk Ridge, W of Cape Reinga, (holotype)
  • 785-800 metres, West Norfolk Ridge, W of Cape Reinga, NZ, (paratype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • 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(2) (p.134) Original Description

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil