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Gastropoda: : Trochoidea: Margaritinae

Margarites helicinus (Phipps, 1774)


Range: 80°N to 42°N; 125°W to 0°W
Depth: 0 to 350 m (live 0 to 192 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 11  mm

Synonymy

Eumargarites helicinus (Phipps, 1774) 
Margarita helicinus (Phipps, 1774) 
Trochus helicinus (Phipps, 1774) 
Eumargarita helicinus (Phipps, 1774) 
Turbo helicinus Phipps, 1774
Trochus neritoideus Gmelin, 1791
Helix margarita Montagu, 1808
Turbo margarita (Montagu, 1808) 
Margarita arctica Leach, 1819
Paludina inflatus (Totten, 1834) 
Turbo inflatus Totten, 1834
Margarita helicoides Sowerby I, 1838
Margarita vulgaris Sowerby I, 1838
Margarita communis W. Thompson, 1844
Margarites diaphanus Gray, 1847
Margarita major Middendorff, 1848
Margarita depressior Middendorff, 1849
Margarita normalis Middendorff, 1849
Margarita typica Middendorff, 1849
Trochus fasciatus Jeffreys, 1865
Margarita campanulata Packard, 1867
Margarita major Leche, 1878
Valvatella albolineata E. A. Smith, 1899
Valvatella beringensis E. A. Smith, 1899
Margarites elevatus Dall, 1919
Margarites excavatus Dall, 1919

Details


Turbo helicinus Phipps, 1774, p. 198
[Basis of the current name]
Attributed to: Fabricius (1780)
Type Locality: North side of Spitsbergen
Range: 80°N to 42°N; 125°W to 0°W
Depth: 0 to 350 m (live 0 to 192 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 11 mm
Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland, East Greenland; Canada: Nunavut, Queen Elizabeth Islands, Baffin Island, Hudson Bay, Gulf of St. Lawrence, Quebec, New Brunswick; USA: Maine, Massachusetts; Eastern Atlantic: Iceland
References: Procter (1933) S; Macpherson (1971) LlNWM; Fretter & Graham (1977) E
Combining Genera:  Eumargarita Eumargarites Margarita Trochus

Valvatella albolineata E. A. Smith, 1899, p. 206-207, fig. 2
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Commander Islands, Bering Sea
Maximum Reported Size: 8 mm
References: E. A. Smith (1899) M

Margarita arctica Leach, 1819a, p. lxi
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Baffin's Bay
Distribution: Baffin Bay
References: Macpherson (1971) s

Valvatella beringensis E. A. Smith, 1899, p. 206, fig. 1
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Commander Islands, Bering Sea
Maximum Reported Size: 11 mm
References: E. A. Smith (1899) M

Margarita campanulata Packard, 1867, 
[Synonym]
Attributed to: Morse
References: Macpherson (1971) s

Margarita communis W. Thompson, 1844, p. 256, Not figured
[Synonym]
Type Locality: [Scottish coast, particularly about Dunbar]
References: Dautzenberg & Fischer (1912) s
Comments: Replacement name for Trochus margarita Montagu.

Margarita arctica f. depressior Middendorff, 1849b, p. 398
[Not available]
Type Locality: Not stated
Comments: Infrasubspecific.

Margarites diaphanus Gray, 1847, 
[Synonym]
Attributed to: Leach
References: Dautzenberg & Fischer (1912) s

Margarites helicinus var. elevatus Dall, 1919b, p. 366
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Bear Bay, Baranoff Island, Alaska
Maximum Reported Size: 9 mm
References: Dall (1919b) M

Margarites helicinus var. excavatus Dall, 1919b, p. 366
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Constantine Harbor, Amchitka, Aleutian Islands
Maximum Reported Size: 9 mm
References: Dall (1919b) M

Trochus helicinus var. fasciata Jeffreys, 1865a, p. 296
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Scarborough; the north of Ireland; the west of Scotland
References: Dautzenberg & Fischer (1912) s

Margarita helicoides Sowerby I, 1838a, p. 25
[Not available]
Attributed to: Beck MS
Type Locality: Not stated
Comments: Name introduced in synonymy of Margarita arctica; also cited thus by Gould (1841).

Turbo inflatus Totten, 1834, p. 368-369, figs. 5a-c
[Synonym]
Attributed to: Menke
Type Locality: Plymouth Harbor, Massachusetts
Range: 42°N ; 70.67°W
Maximum Reported Size: 5.8 mm
Distribution: USA: Massachusetts
References: Totten (1834) NSEWM; Gould (1841) s
Combining Genera:  Paludina

Margarita helicina var. major Leche, 1878, p. 42-43
[Synonym]
Attributed to: Middendorff
Type Locality: Several localities on Novaya Zemlya
References: Dautzenberg & Fischer (1912) s

Margarita arctica var. major Middendorff, 1848a, p. 246, [Middendorff 1851, pl. 17, figs. 13-16.]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Ins. Schantar et littus merid. maris Ochotensis
Maximum Reported Size: 8 mm
References: Middendorff (1851) M

Helix margarita Montagu, 1808, p. 143-144
[Synonym]
Attributed to: Laskey
Type Locality: Scottish coast, particularly about Dunbar
Maximum Reported Size: 3.2 mm
References: Montagu (1808) M; Fretter & Graham (1977) s
Combining Genera:  Turbo

Trochus neritoideus Gmelin, 1791, p. 3577, Not figured
[Objective synonym of valid name]
Attributed to: Gmelin, 1791
Type Locality: Greenland [Siuterursak (Fabricius 1780)]
Distribution: Greenland
References: Dautzenberg & Fischer (1912) s

Margarita arctica f. normalis Middendorff, 1849b, p. 398
[Not available]
Type Locality: Not stated
Comments: Infrasubspecific.

Margarita arctica f. normalis var. typica Middendorff, 1849b, p. 399
[Not available]
Type Locality: Eismeer an den Küsten des Russischen Lapplandes und des Weissen Meeres
Comments: Infrasubspecific.

Margarita vulgaris Sowerby I, 1838a, p. 25, [Sowerby II (1838a), pl. 134, fig. 13]
[Synonym]
Attributed to: Leach
Type Locality: Ad littora Brittanica
Maximum Reported Size: 3.8 mm
References: Dautzenberg & Fischer (1912) s


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.]
Gmelin, J. F. 1791. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae. Editio decima tertia Systema Naturae, 13th ed., vol. 1(6) 3021-3910. Lipsiae.
Jeffreys, J. G. 1865. British conchology British Conchology 3 [ii] + 393 pp., frontispiece, 8 pls. John Van Voorst: London.
Leach, W. E. 1819. A list of invertebrate animals, discovered by his majesty's ship Isabella, in a voyage to the Arctic regions A Voyage of Discovery. Appendix II, Zoological Memoranda lxi-lxiv John Murray: London. [True date: -- Apr 1819.]
Leche, W. 1878. Öfversigt öfver de af Svenska Expeditionerna till Novaja Semlja och Jenissej 1875 och 1876 Insamlade: Hafs-Mollusker Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar (2)16(2) 1-86, pls. 1-2. [Stated date: 12 Mar 1878.]
Middendorff, A. T. von. 1848. Vorläufige Anzeige einiger neuer Konchylien aus den Geschlectern: Littorina, Tritonium, Bullia, Natica und Margarita Bulletin de la Classe Physico-Mathématique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg 7 col. 241-245. [Stated date: 10 Nov 1848.]
Middendorff, A. T. von. 1849. Beiträge zu einer Malacozoologia Rossica. II. Aufzählung und Beschreibung der zur Meeresfauna Russlands gehörigen einschaler Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg, Sciences Naturelles (6)6 329-516, pls. 1-11.
Montagu, G. 1808. Supplement to Testacea Britannica  [iii] + v + 184 pp., 30 pls. S. Woolmer: Exeter. [True date: post Oct 1.]
Phipps, C. J. 1774. A Voyage towards the North Pole  viii + 253 pp., 12 pls. J. Nourse: London.
Smith, E. A. 1899. On some Mollusca from Bering Sea, with descriptions of two new species of Trochidae Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 3 205-207. [Stated date: -- Mar 1899; true date: pre Jul 17.]
Sowerby, G. B., I. 1838. A descriptive catalogue of the species of Leach's genus Margarita Malacological and Conchological Magazine 1 23-27.
Thompson, W. 1844. Report on the fauna of Ireland: Div. Invertebrata Report of the Thirteenth meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 245-291.
Totten, J. G. 1834. Description of some new shells, belonging to the coast of New England American Journal of Science and Arts 26 366-369, 1 pl. [Stated date: -- Jul 1834.]

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