WoRMS name details
Margarita sinensis Leach, 1814
464975 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:464975)
unaccepted
Species
Margarita Leach, 1814 accepted as Pinctada Röding, 1798
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Leach, W. E. (1814-1817). Zoological miscellany: being descriptions of new or interesting animals. <em>London.</em> Vol. 1</i> [1814]. Vol. 2 [1815], Vol. 3 [1817]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/91180
page(s): 1: 107 [details]
page(s): 1: 107 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Margarita sinensis Leach, 1814. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=464975 on 2025-04-01
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Nomenclature
original description
Leach, W. E. (1814-1817). Zoological miscellany: being descriptions of new or interesting animals. <em>London.</em> Vol. 1</i> [1814]. Vol. 2 [1815], Vol. 3 [1817]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/91180
page(s): 1: 107 [details]
page(s): 1: 107 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441
page(s): 151 [details]
page(s): 151 [details]
Other
additional source
Wilkins G.L. (1957). The Cracherode shell collection. <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Historical Series.</em> 1(4): 121-184, pls 20-25., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2238874
page(s): 143-144; note: holotype discussed [details]
page(s): 143-144; note: holotype discussed [details]
