Margaritidae

Not to be confused with Margaritiferidae.

Margaritidae
Gaza daedala
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Margaritidae
Thiele, 1924
Synonyms[1]
  • Gazidae Hickman & McLean, 1990
  • Gazini Hickman & J. H. McLean, 1990 (original rank)
  • Margaritinae Thiele, 1924 (original rank)
  • Margaritinae Stoliczka, 1868 (invalid: type genus (Margarita Leach, 1819) a junior homonym)

Margaritidae is a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Trochoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).[1]

Margaritinae Thiele, 1924, originally a subfamily in Trochidae was moved to Turbinidae following Williams et al. 2007. It has been elevated to the rank of family Margaritidae. This family has no subfamilies.

Genera

Genera within the family Margaritidae include:

Genera brought into synonymy
  • Eumargarita P. Fischer, 1885: synonym of Margarites Gray, 1847
  • Margarita Leach, 1819: synonym of Margarites Gray, 1847
  • Margaritopsis Thiele, 1906: synonym of Margarites Leach, 1847 (a junior synonym)
  • Omphalomargarites T. Habe & Ki. Ito, 1965: synonym of Margarites Leach, 1847 (junior subjective synonym)
  • Pupillaria Dall, 1909 : synonym of Margarites Leach, 1847
  • Valvatella Gray, 1857: synonym of Margarites Gray, 1847

References

  1. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2012). Margaritidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=714634 on 3 JUly 2013
  • Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2005) Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia 47(1-2): 1-397
  • Hickman C.S. (2012) A new genus and two new species of deep-sea gastropods (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda: Gazidae). The Nautilus 126(2): 57–67
  • Williams S.T. (2012) Advances in molecular systematics of the vetigastropod superfamily Trochoidea. Zoologica Scripta 41(6): 571-595.



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