Margarella Explained

Margarella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Margarellinae of the family Calliostomatidae.^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Margarella include:

• Margarella achilles (Strebel, 1908)
• Margarella antarctica (Lamy, 1905)^[2]
• Margarella bouvetia Powell, 1951
• Margarella crebrilirulata (E.A. Smith, 1907)
• Margarella expansa (Sowerby I, 1838)
• Margarella gunnerusensis Numanami, 1996
• Margarella jason A. W. B. Powell, 1951
• Margarella macquariensis Hedley, 1916
• Margarella obsoleta A. W. B. Powell, 1951
• Margarella porcellana A. W. B. Powell, 1951
• Margarella pruinosa (Rochebrune & Mabille, 1885)
• Margarella refulgens (E.A. Smith, 1907)
• † Margarella runcinata Marwick, 1928
• Margarella steineni (Strebel, 1905)
• Margarella subantarctica (Strebel, 1908)
• Margarella tropidophoroides (Strebel, 1908)
• Margarella violacea (King & Broderip, 1832)
• Margarella wacei (Melvill & Standen, 1918)
• Margarella whiteana Linse, 2002^[3]

Species brought into synonymy:

• Margarella antipoda antipoda (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1854): synonym of Cantharidus antipoda (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1854)
  • Margarella antipoda hinemoa Powell, 1955: synonym of Cantharidus antipoda hinemoa (Powell, 1955)
  • Margarella antipoda puysegurensis Powell, 1939: synonym of Cantharidus antipoda puysegurensis (Powell, 1939)
  • Margarella antipoda rosea (Hutton, 1873): synonym of Cantharidus rosea (Hutton, 1873)
• Margarella fulminata (Hutton, 1873): synonym of Cantharidus fulminatus (Hutton, 1873)
• Margarella hinemoa Powell, 1955: synonym of Cantharidus antipodum (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848)
• Margarella puysegurensis Powell, 1939: synonym of Cantharidus (Pseudomargarella) puysegurensis (Powell, 1939) represented as Cantharidus puysegurensis (Powell, 1939)
• Margarella turneri Powell, 1939: synonym of Cantharidus turneri (Powell, 1939)

References

• Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp

Further reading

• Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
• Zelaya D.G. (2004) The genus Margarella Thiele, 1893 (Gastropoda: Trochidae) in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean. The Nautilus 118(3): 112–120.

External links

• NZ Mollusca

Notes and References

1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Margarella Thiele, 1893. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196989 on 2012-12-07
2. WoRMS (2010). Margarella antarctica. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=197257 on 2011-03-17
3. Bouchet, P. (2010). Margarella whiteana Linse, 2002. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=197259 on 2011-03-17