Margarita (gastropod)
# Margarita (gastropod)

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)
