ERMS taxon details
Margarites Leach, 1847
138592 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138592)
accepted
Genus
Margarita Leach, 1819 · unaccepted (Invalid: junior homonym of...)
Invalid: junior homonym of Margarita Leach, 1814 [Bivalvia, Pteriidae]
Margarites (Margarites) J. E. Gray, 1847 · alternative representation
Trochus (Margarita) Leach, 1819 · unaccepted (non Leach, 1814)
- Species Margarites costalis (A. Gould, 1841)
- Species Margarites giganteus (Leche, 1878)
- Species Margarites groenlandicus (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Margarites helicinus (Phipps, 1774)
- Species Margarites laminarum (Jeffreys, 1883)
- Species Margarites luciae (G. Seguenza, 1876)
- Species Margarites olivaceus (T. Brown, 1827)
- Species Margarites sordidus (Hancock, 1846)
- Species Margarites vahlii (Møller, 1842)
- Species Margarites argentatus (A. Gould, 1841) accepted as Margarites olivaceus (T. Brown, 1827) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Margarites gigantea (Leche, 1878) accepted as Margarites giganteus (Leche, 1878)
- Species Margarites groenlandica (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Margarites groenlandicus (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted combination)
- Species Margarites grosvenori Dall, 1926 accepted as Margarites olivaceus (T. Brown, 1827) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Margarites hypolispus Dall, 1919 accepted as Margarites vahlii (Møller, 1842)
- Species Margarites johnsoni Dall, 1921 accepted as Margarites vahlii (Møller, 1842) (synonym)
- Species Margarites mighelsi Rehder, 1937 accepted as Margarites vahlii (Møller, 1842) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Margarites striatus (Leach, 1819) accepted as Margarites groenlandicus (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Margarites toroides L. Hoffman, van Heugten & Lavaleye, 2011 accepted as Toroidia toroides (L. Hoffman, van Heugten & Lavaleye, 2011) (original combination)
- Subgenus Margarites (Margarites) J. E. Gray, 1847 represented as Margarites Leach, 1847
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Gray, J. E. (1847). The classification of the British Mollusca, by W. E. Leach, M.D. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (1) 20(133): 267-273. [published 1 October 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2278926
page(s): 271, nr. 86 [details]
page(s): 271, nr. 86 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Margarites Leach, 1847. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=138592 on 2025-04-01
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Margarites Leach, 1847. Accessed at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138592 on 2025-04-01
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Gray, J. E. (1847). The classification of the British Mollusca, by W. E. Leach, M.D. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (1) 20(133): 267-273. [published 1 October 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2278926
page(s): 271, nr. 86 [details]
original description (of Margarita Leach, 1819) Leach W. E. (1819). A list of invertebrate animals discovered by H. M. S. Isabella, in a voyage to the Arctic regions: corrected by W. E. Leach. Appendix II. <b>p.lxi - lxiv [in] </b> Ross, John A voyage of discovery in His Majesty's ships Isabella and Alexander [in 1818] for the purpose of exploring Baffin's Bay and enquiring into the possibility of a northwest passage. <em>[book].</em> xxxix+252 pp., 29 pls, 3 maps. John Murray. London., available online at https://archive.org/details/voyageofdiscover02ross/page/n413/mode/2up
page(s): lxi [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source Galkin, Yu. I. (1955). Bryukhonogiye mollyuski trokhidy dal'nevostochnykh i severnykh morey SSSR (Semeystvo Trochidae) / Брюхоногие моллюски трохиды дальневосточных и северных морей СССР (Семейство Trochidae) / Gastropod molluscs trochids of Far Eastern and northern seas of the USSR (Family Trochidae). <em>Opredeliteli po faune SSSR.</em> 57: 1-131 (in Russian)., available online at http://ashipunov.me/shipunov/school/books/galkin1955_trochidy_sssr.djvu
page(s): 73 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 271, nr. 86 [details]
original description (of Margarita Leach, 1819) Leach W. E. (1819). A list of invertebrate animals discovered by H. M. S. Isabella, in a voyage to the Arctic regions: corrected by W. E. Leach. Appendix II. <b>p.lxi - lxiv [in] </b> Ross, John A voyage of discovery in His Majesty's ships Isabella and Alexander [in 1818] for the purpose of exploring Baffin's Bay and enquiring into the possibility of a northwest passage. <em>[book].</em> xxxix+252 pp., 29 pls, 3 maps. John Murray. London., available online at https://archive.org/details/voyageofdiscover02ross/page/n413/mode/2up
page(s): lxi [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source Galkin, Yu. I. (1955). Bryukhonogiye mollyuski trokhidy dal'nevostochnykh i severnykh morey SSSR (Semeystvo Trochidae) / Брюхоногие моллюски трохиды дальневосточных и северных морей СССР (Семейство Trochidae) / Gastropod molluscs trochids of Far Eastern and northern seas of the USSR (Family Trochidae). <em>Opredeliteli po faune SSSR.</em> 57: 1-131 (in Russian)., available online at http://ashipunov.me/shipunov/school/books/galkin1955_trochidy_sssr.djvu
page(s): 73 [details] Available for editors
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