Margarites

Margarites
Apertural view of a shell of Margarites ecarinatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Margaritidae
Genus: Margarites
Gray, 1847
Type species
Helix margarita Montagu, 1808
Synonyms
  • Eumargarita P. Fischer, 1885
  • Margarita Leach, 1819 (Invalid: junior homonym of Margarita Leach, 1814 [Bivalvia, Pteriidae])
  • Trochus (Margarita) Leach, 1819 (non Leach, 1814)
  • Valvatella Gray, 1857

Margarites is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Margaritidae.[1]

This genus belonged previously to the subfamily Margaritinae in the family Turbinidae.

Description

This genus consists of small species of variable size between 3 mm and 15 mm. The Alaskan specimens of Margarites costalis reach almost 25 mm in diameter. Their flat shell has a turbiniform shape with convex whorls and a typical iridescent lustre.

Species

Species within the genus Margarites include:[1]

Species brought into synonymy
Nomina dubia 

References

  1. 1 2 Margarites Gray, 1847.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 July 2013.
  2. Margarites argentatus (Gould).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 April 2010.
  3. Margarites bairdii (Dall, 1889).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 April 2010.
  4. Margarites biconica Numanami, 1996.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 April 2010.
  5. Margarites bisikovi Egorov, 2000.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 April 2010.
  6. Margarites cabernet Egorov, 2000.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 April 2010.
  7. Margarites calliostomoides Egorov, 2000.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 April 2010.
  8. Margarites costalis (Gould, 1841).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 April 2010.
  9. Margarites crebrilirulata (Smith, 1907).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 April 2010.
  10. Margarites giganteus (Leche, 1878).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 April 2010.
  11. Margarites groenlandicus (Gmelin, 1791).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 April 2010.
  12. Margarites gunnerusensis Numanami, 1996.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 April 2010.
  13. Margarites helicinus (Phipps, 1774).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 April 2010.
  14. Margarites huloti Vilvens & Sellanes, 2006.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 April 2010.
  15. Margarites imperialis Simone & Birman, 2006.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 April 2010.
  16. Margarites mirabilis Simone & Birman, 2006.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 April 2010.
  17. Margarites olivaceus (Brown, 1827).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 April 2010.
  18. Margarites refulgens (Smith, 1907).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 April 2010.
  19. Margarites ryukyuensis Okutani, Sasaki & Tsuchida, 2000.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 April 2010.
  20. Margarites sordidus (Hancock, 1846).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 April 2010.
  21. Margarites striatus (Leach, 1841).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 April 2010.
  22. Margarites vahlii (Møller, 1842).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 April 2010.
  23. Margarites vityazi Egorov, 2000.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 April 2010.
  24. Margarites euspira (Dall, 1881).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 April 2010.

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