Range: 63°N to 44°N; 72°W to 0°W Depth: 13 to 393 m (live 393 to 393 m) Maximum Reported Size: 14 mm
Synonymy
Margarita acuminata Sowerby I, 1838 Margarita varicosa Mighels & Adams, 1842 Machaeroplax varicosa (Mighels & Adams, 1842) Margarita elegantissima S. V. Wood, 1848 Margarita plicata M. Sars, 1859 Margarita polaris Danielssen, 1859 Machaeroplax paupercula (Dall, 1919) Margarites pauperculus Dall, 1919
Details
Margarita varicosaMighels & Adams, 1842, p. 46, pl. 4, fig. 14 [Basis of the current name] Attributed to: Mighels Type Locality: Bay Chaleur Range: 63°N to 44°N; 72°W to 0°W Depth: 13 to 393 m (live 393 m) Maximum Reported Size: 6 mm Distribution: Canada: Nunavut, Baffin Island, Labrador, Newfoundland, Gulf of St. Lawrence References: Mighels & Adams (1842) M; Macpherson (1971) NEW; Clarke (1974) DLl; Warén (1993) T Comments: Warén (1993:169) designated a neotype for Solariella varicosa, but did not indicate a specific taxonomic problem that was thereby solved; the neotype designation is thus invalid. Combining Genera: Machaeroplax
Margarita acuminataSowerby I, 1838a, p. 26, [Sowerby II (1838a), pl. 133, fig. 7] [Synonym] Type Locality: In mari arctico Maximum Reported Size: 14 mm Distribution: Canada: Gulf of St. Lawrence References: Mighels & Adams (1842) M; Warén (1993) s Comments: Has priority if the synonymy is correct, but precedence might be reversed if conditions of ICZN Article 23.9 apply.
Margarita elegantissima S. V. Wood, 1848, [Synonym] References: Warén (1993) s
Margarites pauperculusDall, 1919b, p. 363 [Synonym] Type Locality: Arctic Circle north of Bering Strait Maximum Reported Size: 9.5 mm References: Dall (1919b) M Combining Genera: Machaeroplax
Margarita plicataM. Sars, 1859, p. 46 [Synonym] Type Locality: Vadso/, 50-80 fathoms References: Warén (1993) s
Margarita polaris Danielssen, 1859, [Synonym] References: Warén (1993) s Comments: Non Philippi, 1846.
Solariella vericosa sic, [Not available] Comments: Error for varicosa by Johnson (1934).
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.] Mighels, J. W. and C. B. Adams. 1842. Descriptions of twenty-four species of the shells of New England Boston Journal of Natural History 4 37-54, pl. 4. [Stated date: -- Jan 1842.] Sars, M. 1859. Bidrag til en Skildring af den arctiske Molluskfauna ved Norges nordlige Kyst Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania 1 34-87. Sowerby, G. B., I. 1838. A descriptive catalogue of the species of Leach's genus Margarita Malacological and Conchological Magazine 1 23-27.
