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Gastropoda: : Trochoidea: Margaritinae

Margarites vahlii (Möller, 1842)


Range: 78°N to 44°N; 92°W to 0°W
Depth: 4 to 931 m (live 10 to 931 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 4.8  mm

Synonymy

Margarita acuminata auct. non Sowerby, 1838
Margarita vahlii Möller, 1842
Margarites hypolispus Dall, 1919
Margarites johnsoni Dall, 1921
Margarites mighelsi Rehder, 1937
Margarites angulatus Galkin, 1955

Details


Margarita vahlii Möller, 1842a, p. 81
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: [West] Greenland [Baals River or Fiskernaes Fjord, see Schiötte & Warén (1992)]
Range: 78°N to 44°N; 92°W to 0°W
Depth: 4 to 931 m (live 10 to 931 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 4.8 mm
Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland, East Greenland; Canada: Nunavut, Queen Elizabeth Islands, Baffin Island, Hudson Bay, Quebec
References: F. C. Baker (1919) N; Thorson (1944) {DL}l; Macpherson (1971) {l}WM; Clarke (1974) DL
Comments: Circumpolar Arctic.

Margarita acuminata auct. non Sowerby, 1838, 
[Not available]
Range: 68°N
References: Dall (1921b) s
Comments: Misidentification by Mighels & Adams (1842).

Margarites angulatus Galkin, 1955, 
[Synonym]

Margarites hypolispus Dall, 1919b, p. 367
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Arctic Circle north of Bering Strait
Maximum Reported Size: 4.5 mm
References: Dall (1919b) M

Margarites johnsoni Dall, 1921b, p. 50, [Mighels & Adams 1842, pl. 4, fig. 15; Gould 1870, fig. 546]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Gulf of St. Lawrence, from stomach of a codfish
Range: 60.4°N to 50°N; 64.8°W
Depth: 73 m
Distribution: Canada: Gulf of St. Lawrence, Quebec
References: Dall (1921b) NWEW; Macpherson (1971) s
Comments: Non Arnold, 1909.

Margarites mighelsi Rehder, 1937, 
[Synonym]
References: Macpherson (1971) s
Comments: Replacement name for Margarites johnsoni Dall, 1921 non Arnold, 1909.


Partial List of References

Dall, W. H. 1919. Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the North Pacific Ocean in the collection of the United States National Museum Proceedings of the United States National Museum 56(2295) 293-371. [Stated date: -- --- 1919; true date: 30 Aug 1919.]
Dall, W. H. 1921. Nomenclatorial notes Nautilus 35 49-50. [Stated date: -- Oct 1921.]
Möller, H. P. C. 1842. Index molluscorum Groenlandiae Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift 4 76-97.

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