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Margarya G. Nevill, 1877
758767 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:758767)
accepted
Genus
Margarya melanioides G. Nevill, 1877 (type by monotypy)
Cipangopaludina Hannibal, 1912 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cipangopaludina (Cipangopaludina) Hannibal, 1912 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Idiopoma (Cipangopaludina) Hannibal, 1912 · unaccepted (original rank)
Lecythoconcha Annandale, 1920 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Margaraya G. Nevill, 1877 · unaccepted (orthographic variant of Margarya)
Margaria G. Nevill, 1877 · unaccepted (orthographic variant of Margarya)
Margarya (Mabillemargarya) He, 2013 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Margarya (Margarya) G. Nevill, 1877 · unaccepted
- Species Margarya ampullacea (Küster, 1852) (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym, preoccupied by Paludina ampullacea Bronn, 1831)
- Species Margarya angulata Y.-T. Li, 1988 †
- Species Margarya annandalei (R. A. Brandt, 1968)
- Species Margarya artemica (Popova, 1964) †
- Species Margarya caiyun H. Zheng, Y.-M. He, Xiang, H.-Q. Zhang & X.-P. Wu, 2026
- Species Margarya catayensis (Heude, 1890)
- Species Margarya chinensis (J. E. Gray, 1833)
- Species Margarya compacta (G. Nevill, 1885)
- Species Margarya dianchiensis (L. Zhang, 1990)
- Species Margarya feihu H. Zheng, Y.-M. He, Xiang, H.-Q. Zhang & X.-P. Wu, 2026
- Species Margarya fluminalis (Heude, 1890)
- Species Margarya hainanensis (Kobelt, 1909)
- Species Margarya hydrobiaeformis Maderni & Martinson, 1969 †
- Species Margarya impressa (G. I. Popov, 1965) †
- Species Margarya isikariensis (K. Suzuki, 1941) †
- Species Margarya jimboi (K. Suzuki, 1941) †
- Species Margarya kurilensis Starobogatov, 1979
- Species Margarya laeta (E. von Martens, 1861)
- Species Margarya largia Maderni, 1974 †
- Species Margarya latissima (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1906)
- Species Margarya lecythis (W. H. Benson, 1836)
- Species Margarya lecythoides (W. H. Benson, 1842)
- Species Margarya lozoueti (Thach, 2025)
- Species Margarya melanioides G. Nevill, 1877
- Species Margarya menglaensis (W.-Z. Zhang, Y.-F. Liu & Y.-X. Wang, 1981)
- Species Margarya monodi Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1906
- Species Margarya nagaensis (Preston, 1914)
- Species Margarya nana H.-J. Wang & L. Zhang, 1986 †
- Species Margarya nanningensis T. Ying, Fürsich & S. Schneider, 2013 †
- Species Margarya patris (Kobelt, 1909)
- Species Margarya pulchracarinata Ugai, Ratanasthien & Silaratana, 2006 †
- Species Margarya somnumbra (H.-Q. Xiang, B.-Y. Wang, Y.-M. He & T.-X. Xie, 2026) †
- Species Margarya soratiensis (Oyama, 1950) †
- Species Margarya spinicostata Y.-T. Li, 1988 †
- Species Margarya striata (Popova, 1963) †
- Species Margarya wisseli (van Benthem Jutting, 1963)
- Species Margarya yunnanensis (W.-Z. Zhang, Y.-F. Liu & Y.-X. Wang, 1981)
- Subgenus Margarya (Mabillemargarya) He, 2013 accepted as Margarya G. Nevill, 1877 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Margarya (Mabillemargarya) tropidophora (Mabille, 1886) accepted as Margarya francheti (Mabille, 1886) accepted as Margarya melanioides G. Nevill, 1877
- Species Margarya (Mabillemargarya) francheti (Mabille, 1886) represented as Margarya francheti (Mabille, 1886) accepted as Margarya melanioides G. Nevill, 1877
- Subgenus Margarya (Margarya) G. Nevill, 1877 accepted as Margarya G. Nevill, 1877
- Species Margarya (Margarya) mansuyi Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1906 accepted as Anularya mansuyi (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1906)
- Species Margarya (Margarya) melanioides G. Nevill, 1877 accepted as Margarya melanioides G. Nevill, 1877
- Species Margarya (Margarya) monodi Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1906 accepted as Margarya monodi Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1906
- Subgenus Margarya (Tchangmargarya) J. He, 2013 accepted as Tchangmargarya J. He, 2013 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Species Margarya aubryana (Heude, 1890) accepted as Margarya compacta (G. Nevill, 1885) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Margarya compactus (G. Nevill, 1885) accepted as Margarya compacta (G. Nevill, 1885) (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
- Species Margarya elongata S. Tchang & C.-Y. Tsi, 1949 accepted as Margarya monodi Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1906
- Species Margarya francheti (Mabille, 1886) accepted as Margarya melanioides G. Nevill, 1877 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Margarya mansuyi Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1906 accepted as Anularya mansuyi (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1906)
- Species Margarya oxytropoides (Heude, 1889) accepted as Dalipaludina oxytropoides (Heude, 1889) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Margarya tchangsii W.-P. Xia, 1982 accepted as Margarya monodi Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1906
- Species Margarya tropidophora (Mabille, 1886) accepted as Margarya francheti (Mabille, 1886) accepted as Margarya melanioides G. Nevill, 1877
- Species Margarya yangtsunghaiensis S. Tchang & C.-Y. Tsi, 1949 accepted as Tchangmargarya yangtsunghaiensis (S. Tchang & C.-Y. Tsi, 1949) (original combination)
recent + fossil
feminine
Nevill, G. (1877). List of the Mollusca brought back to Mr. Anderson from Yunnan and upper Burma, with descriptions of new species. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 46: 14–41., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35548100
page(s): 30 [details]
page(s): 30 [details]
Etymology Named for the junior British diplomat and explorer Augustus Raymond Margary (1846-1875) who, with his four Chinese personal...
Etymology Named for the junior British diplomat and explorer Augustus Raymond Margary (1846-1875) who, with his four Chinese personal staff, were killed in Tengyue, China by local Chinese on his return from Bhamo, Burma to Shanghai after not notifying the locals of his arrival. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Margarya G. Nevill, 1877. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=758767 on 2026-10-08
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original description
Nevill, G. (1877). List of the Mollusca brought back to Mr. Anderson from Yunnan and upper Burma, with descriptions of new species. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 46: 14–41., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35548100
page(s): 30 [details]
original description (of Lecythoconcha Annandale, 1920) Annandale, T. N. (1920). Materials for a generic revision of the freshwater gastropod molluscs of the Indian Empire. II. The Indian genera of Viviparidae. <em>Records of the Indian Museum.</em> 19(3): 111-115., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10882065
page(s): 114 [details]
original description (of Idiopoma (Cipangopaludina) Hannibal, 1912) Hannibal, H. (1912). A synopsis of the recent and Tertiary freshwater Mollusca of the Californian province, based upon an ontogenetic classification. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 10(2): 112-166, pls 5-6; 10(3): 167-211, pls 7-8., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15237075
page(s): 194 [details]
original description (of Margarya (Mabillemargarya) He, 2013) He J. [Jing] (2013) A conchological review of <i>Margarya</i>-complex (Gastropoda: Viviparidae). <i>Shell Discoveries</i> 1(2): 3-15. [December 2013]
page(s): 12 [details]
taxonomy source Zhang L.J. [Le-Jia], Chen S.C. [Shi-Chao], Yang L.T. [Li-Te], Jin L. [Lei] & Köhler F. (2015). Systematic revision of the freshwater snail <i>Margarya</i> Nevill, 1877 (Mollusca: Viviparidae) endemic to the ancient lakes of Yunnan, China, with description of new taxa. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 174(4): 760-800., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12260 [details] Available for editors
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status source Zheng, Hui; Zhang, Le-Jia; Zhang, Ying-Ying; Xiang, Hong-Quan; He, Yue-Ming; Ouyang, Shan; Wu, Xiao-Ping. (2026). Multilocus phylogeny reveals new species from the ancient Lake Fuxian and synonymy of Cipangopaludina with Margarya (Gastropoda: Viviparidae). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 55(4): 602–614., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.70050 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 30 [details]
original description (of Lecythoconcha Annandale, 1920) Annandale, T. N. (1920). Materials for a generic revision of the freshwater gastropod molluscs of the Indian Empire. II. The Indian genera of Viviparidae. <em>Records of the Indian Museum.</em> 19(3): 111-115., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10882065
page(s): 114 [details]
original description (of Idiopoma (Cipangopaludina) Hannibal, 1912) Hannibal, H. (1912). A synopsis of the recent and Tertiary freshwater Mollusca of the Californian province, based upon an ontogenetic classification. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 10(2): 112-166, pls 5-6; 10(3): 167-211, pls 7-8., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15237075
page(s): 194 [details]
original description (of Margarya (Mabillemargarya) He, 2013) He J. [Jing] (2013) A conchological review of <i>Margarya</i>-complex (Gastropoda: Viviparidae). <i>Shell Discoveries</i> 1(2): 3-15. [December 2013]
page(s): 12 [details]
taxonomy source Zhang L.J. [Le-Jia], Chen S.C. [Shi-Chao], Yang L.T. [Li-Te], Jin L. [Lei] & Köhler F. (2015). Systematic revision of the freshwater snail <i>Margarya</i> Nevill, 1877 (Mollusca: Viviparidae) endemic to the ancient lakes of Yunnan, China, with description of new taxa. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 174(4): 760-800., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12260 [details] Available for editors
[request]status source Zheng, Hui; Zhang, Le-Jia; Zhang, Ying-Ying; Xiang, Hong-Quan; He, Yue-Ming; Ouyang, Shan; Wu, Xiao-Ping. (2026). Multilocus phylogeny reveals new species from the ancient Lake Fuxian and synonymy of Cipangopaludina with Margarya (Gastropoda: Viviparidae). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 55(4): 602–614., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.70050 [details] Available for editors
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Etymology Named for the junior British diplomat and explorer Augustus Raymond Margary (1846-1875) who, with his four Chinese personal staff, were killed in Tengyue, China by local Chinese on his return from Bhamo, Burma to Shanghai after not notifying the locals of his arrival. [details]
