MolluscaBase - Margarites diaphana Leach, 1847

MolluscaBase name details

Margarites diaphana Leach, 1847

AphiaID

815527 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:815527)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (unnecessary substitute name for Helix margarita Montagu, 1808)

Accepted name

Margarites helicinus (Phipps, 1774)

Rank

Species

Type taxon of

Margarites Leach, 1847

Parent

Margarites Leach, 1847

Original name

Margarites diaphana Leach, 1847

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

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 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Margarites diaphana Leach, 1847. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=815527 on 2025-09-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2014-08-17 10:21:15Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

2017-07-31 16:35:20Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2024-04-17 15:27:21Z

changed

Auffenberg, Kurt

2025-03-30 08:46:27Z

changed

Dekker, Henk

Licensing

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Sources (1)

original description 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 [details]