WoRMS name details
Margarita argentata A. Gould, 1841
749187 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:749187)
unaccepted
Species
Margarita Leach, 1819 accepted as Margarites J. E. Gray, 1847
- Variety Margarita argentata var. gigantea Leche, 1878 accepted as Margarites giganteus (Leche, 1878)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Gould, A.A. (1841). Report on the Invertebrata of Massachusetts, Comprising the Mollusca, Crustacea, Annelida, and Radiata. Published Agreeably to an Order of the Legislature, by the Commissioners on the Zoological and Botanical Survey of the State. Folsom, Wells, and Thurston, Cambridge,. xiii + 373 pp., 15 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/76081
page(s): 256, fig. 164. [details]
page(s): 256, fig. 164. [details]
Type locality contained in Massachusetts
type locality contained in Massachusetts [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Margarita argentata A. Gould, 1841. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=749187 on 2025-03-28
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Nomenclature
original description
Gould, A.A. (1841). Report on the Invertebrata of Massachusetts, Comprising the Mollusca, Crustacea, Annelida, and Radiata. Published Agreeably to an Order of the Legislature, by the Commissioners on the Zoological and Botanical Survey of the State. Folsom, Wells, and Thurston, Cambridge,. xiii + 373 pp., 15 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/76081
page(s): 256, fig. 164. [details]
page(s): 256, fig. 164. [details]
Other
additional source
Macpherson, E. (1971). The marine molluscs of Arctic Canada. National Museum of Canada Publications in Biological Oceanography. 3: 1-149., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/288934.pdf
page(s): 21 [details]
page(s): 21 [details]





- Type locality
- type locality contained in Massachusetts [details]