| Margarites | |
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| Margarites pupillus | |
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| Apertural view of a shell of Margarites ecarinatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Margaritidae |
| Genus: | Margarites Gray, 1847 |
| Type species | |
| Helix margarita Montagu, 1808
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| Synonyms | |
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Margarites is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Margaritidae.[1]
This genus belonged previously to the subfamily Margaritinae in the family Turbinidae.
- ^ Margarites Gray, 1847. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 July 2013.