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Margaritesidae Thiele, 1924
1868746 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1868746)
accepted
Family
Gazidae Hickman & J. H. McLean, 1990 · unaccepted
Gazini Hickman & J. H. McLean, 1990 · unaccepted
Margaritidae Thiele, 1924 · unaccepted > junior homonym (junior homonym of Margaritidae...)
junior homonym of Margaritidae Blainville, 1824; emended to Margaritesidae
Margaritinae Stoliczka, 1868 · unaccepted (invalid: type genus (Margarita...)
invalid: type genus (Margarita Leach, 1819) a junior homonym
Margaritinae Thiele, 1924 · unaccepted > superseded rank
- Genus Afrollonia Adegoke, 1977 †
- Genus Anomphalogaza Hickman, 2012
- Genus Antimargarita A. W. B. Powell, 1951
- Genus Atira R. B. Stewart, 1927 †
- Genus Callogaza Dall, 1881
- Genus Gaza R. B. Watson, 1879
- Genus Igonoia Squires, 2011 †
- Genus Margarites Leach, 1847
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Margaritinae Thiele, 1924) Thiele, J. (1924). Revision des Systems der Trochacea. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin.</em> 11(1): 47-74., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/mmnz.4830110104
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MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Margaritesidae Thiele, 1924. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1868746 on 2026-05-13
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original description
(of Margaritinae Thiele, 1924) Thiele, J. (1924). Revision des Systems der Trochacea. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin.</em> 11(1): 47-74., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/mmnz.4830110104
page(s): 67 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Gazini Hickman & J. H. McLean, 1990) Hickman, C.S. & McLean, J.H. (1990). Systematic revision and suprageneric classification of trochacean gastropods. <em>Science Series of Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.</em> 35: 1-169.
page(s): 90 [details]
original description (of Margaritinae Stoliczka, 1868) Stoliczka, F. (1867-1868). Cretaceous fauna of southern India. Palaeontologia Indica, being figures and descriptions of the organic remains procured during the progress of the Geological Survey of India. Volume 2, The Gastropoda. Parts 1-4, pp. 1-204, pls 1-16 [1 April 1867]; Part 5, pp. 205-244, pls 17-18 [1 April 1868]; Part 6, pp. 245-284, pls 19-20 [1 July 1868]; Parts 7-10, pp. 285-498, pls 21-28 [1 October 1868]. <em>Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India.</em> 5: 1-498, pls 1-28., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27448329
page(s): 367 [details]
replacement name source OPINION 2519. (2025). (Case 3828) – The family name of the pearl oysters: homonymy between Margaritidae Blainville, 1824 (Mollusca, Bivalvia) and Margaritidae Thiele, 1924 (Mollusca, Gastropoda) removed by emending the latter to Margaritesidae. <em>The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 82: 161-162., available online at https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v82.a025
page(s): 161-162; note: Emendation of Margaritidae Thiele, 1924 (Gastropoda) to remove homonymy with Margaritidae Blainville, 1824 (Bivalvia). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Bieler, R. & Bouchet, P. (2022). Case 3828 – The family name of the Pearl Oysters: Proposal to remove the homonymy of Margaritidae Blainville, 1824 (Mollusca: Bivalvia) with Margaritidae Thiele, 1924 (Mollusca: Gastropoda) by emending the latter to Margaritesidae. <em>The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 79(1): 12-17., available online at https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v79.a007 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 67 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Gazini Hickman & J. H. McLean, 1990) Hickman, C.S. & McLean, J.H. (1990). Systematic revision and suprageneric classification of trochacean gastropods. <em>Science Series of Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.</em> 35: 1-169.
page(s): 90 [details]
original description (of Margaritinae Stoliczka, 1868) Stoliczka, F. (1867-1868). Cretaceous fauna of southern India. Palaeontologia Indica, being figures and descriptions of the organic remains procured during the progress of the Geological Survey of India. Volume 2, The Gastropoda. Parts 1-4, pp. 1-204, pls 1-16 [1 April 1867]; Part 5, pp. 205-244, pls 17-18 [1 April 1868]; Part 6, pp. 245-284, pls 19-20 [1 July 1868]; Parts 7-10, pp. 285-498, pls 21-28 [1 October 1868]. <em>Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India.</em> 5: 1-498, pls 1-28., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27448329
page(s): 367 [details]
replacement name source OPINION 2519. (2025). (Case 3828) – The family name of the pearl oysters: homonymy between Margaritidae Blainville, 1824 (Mollusca, Bivalvia) and Margaritidae Thiele, 1924 (Mollusca, Gastropoda) removed by emending the latter to Margaritesidae. <em>The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 82: 161-162., available online at https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v82.a025
page(s): 161-162; note: Emendation of Margaritidae Thiele, 1924 (Gastropoda) to remove homonymy with Margaritidae Blainville, 1824 (Bivalvia). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Bieler, R. & Bouchet, P. (2022). Case 3828 – The family name of the Pearl Oysters: Proposal to remove the homonymy of Margaritidae Blainville, 1824 (Mollusca: Bivalvia) with Margaritidae Thiele, 1924 (Mollusca: Gastropoda) by emending the latter to Margaritesidae. <em>The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 79(1): 12-17., available online at https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v79.a007 [details] Available for editors
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