Phenacomargarites is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, in the subfamily Fautricinae of the family Calliostomatidae within the superfamily Trochoidea, the top snails, turban snails and their allies.[1][2]

Phenacomargarites
Shell of Phenacomargarites williamsae (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Phenacomargarites
B. A. Marshall, 2016
Type species
Phenacomargarites williamsae B. A. Marshall, 2016

Species

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Species within the genus Phenacomargarites include:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Phenacomargarites B. A. Marshall, 2016. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=881095 on 2018-12-28
  2. ^ 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.