WoRMS taxon details
Solariella varicosa (Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842)
141846 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141846)
accepted
Species
Machaeroplax varicosa (Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Margarita acuminata G. B. Sowerby I, 1838 · unaccepted (dubious synonym)
Margarita elegantissima S. V. Wood, 1848 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Margarita paupercula (Dall, 1919) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Margarita polaris Danielssen, 1859 · unaccepted (synonym)
Margarita varicosa Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842 · unaccepted (original combination)
Margarites pauperculus Dall, 1919 · unaccepted
Trochus bembex R. A. Philippi, 1855 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Margarita varicosa Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842) Mighels, J. W.; Adams, C. B. (1842). Descriptions of twenty-four new species of New England shells. Boston Journal of Natural History, 4: 37-54, pl. 4., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5362938
page(s): 46; pl. 4 fig. 14 [details]
page(s): 46; pl. 4 fig. 14 [details]
Note USA, New England, Chaleur Bay
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Type locality USA, New England, Chaleur Bay [details]
Distribution Range: 63°N to 44°N; 72°W to 0°W. Distribution: Canada; Canada: Baffin Island, Labrador, Newfoundland, Gulf of St....
Distribution Range: 63°N to 44°N; 72°W to 0°W. Distribution: Canada; Canada: Baffin Island, Labrador, Newfoundland, Gulf of St. Lawrence Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including the Northumberland Strait and Georges Bay to the Canso Strait causeway) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Solariella varicosa (Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141846 on 2025-03-27
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Margarita varicosa Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842) Mighels, J. W.; Adams, C. B. (1842). Descriptions of twenty-four new species of New England shells. Boston Journal of Natural History, 4: 37-54, pl. 4., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5362938
page(s): 46; pl. 4 fig. 14 [details]
original description (of Margarites pauperculus Dall, 1919) Dall, W. H. (1919). Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the North Pacific Ocean in the collection of the United States National Museum. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 56 (2295): 293-371., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7766313
page(s): 363 [details]
original description (of Margarita acuminata G. B. Sowerby I, 1838) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1838). A descriptive catalogue of the species of Leach's genus <i>Margarita</i>. <em>The Malacological and Conchological Magazine.</em> 1: 23–27., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8422960
page(s): 26 [details]
original description (of Margarita elegantissima S. V. Wood, 1848) Wood, S. V. (1848). A Monograph of the Crag Mollusca or, descriptions of shells from the middle and upper tertiaries of the east of England. Part 1. Univalves. <em>Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society of London.</em> 1: i-xii, 1–208, 1–21 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/67729
page(s): 134, pl. 15, fig. 1 [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
page(s): 46; pl. 4 fig. 14 [details]
original description (of Margarites pauperculus Dall, 1919) Dall, W. H. (1919). Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the North Pacific Ocean in the collection of the United States National Museum. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 56 (2295): 293-371., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7766313
page(s): 363 [details]
original description (of Margarita acuminata G. B. Sowerby I, 1838) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1838). A descriptive catalogue of the species of Leach's genus <i>Margarita</i>. <em>The Malacological and Conchological Magazine.</em> 1: 23–27., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8422960
page(s): 26 [details]
original description (of Margarita elegantissima S. V. Wood, 1848) Wood, S. V. (1848). A Monograph of the Crag Mollusca or, descriptions of shells from the middle and upper tertiaries of the east of England. Part 1. Univalves. <em>Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society of London.</em> 1: i-xii, 1–208, 1–21 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/67729
page(s): 134, pl. 15, fig. 1 [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Williams S.T., Kano Y., Warén A. & Herbert D.G. (2020). Marrying molecules and morphology: first steps towards a reevaluation of solariellid genera (Gastropoda: Trochoidea) in the light of molecular phylogenetic studies. <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 86(1): 1–26., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyz038
page(s): 22.; note: Generic status uncertain [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 22.; note: Generic status uncertain [details] Available for editors

Other
additional source
Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA., available online at http://www.malacolog.org [details]
additional source Gulbin, V. V.; Chaban, E. M. (2012). Annotated list of shell-bearing gastropods of Commander Islands. <em>Part I. The Bulletin of the Russian Far East Malacological Society</i.</em> 15-16: 5-30. [In Russian]., available online at http://rfems.dvo.ru/images/rfems/bulletin/vol_015_016/article_01.pdf [details] Available for editors
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additional source Williams S.T., Smith L.M., Herbert D.G., Marshall B.A., Warén A., Kiel S., Dyal P., Linse K., Vilvens C. & Kano Y. (2013) Cenozoic climate change and diversification on the continental shelf and slope: evolution of gastropod diversity in the family Solariellidae (Trochoidea). <i>Ecology and Evolution</i> 3(4): 887–917., available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.513/pdf [details]
additional source Galkin, Yu. I. (1955). Bryukhonogiye mollyuski trokhidy dal'nevostochnykh i severnykh morey SSSR (Semeystvo Trochidae) / Брюхоногие моллюски трохиды дальневосточных и северных морей СССР (Семейство Trochidae) / Gastropod molluscs trochids of Far Eastern and northern seas of the USSR (Family Trochidae). <em>Opredeliteli po faune SSSR.</em> 57: 1-131 (in Russian)., available online at http://ashipunov.me/shipunov/school/books/galkin1955_trochidy_sssr.djvu
page(s): 109, fig. 66 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA., available online at http://www.malacolog.org [details]
additional source Gulbin, V. V.; Chaban, E. M. (2012). Annotated list of shell-bearing gastropods of Commander Islands. <em>Part I. The Bulletin of the Russian Far East Malacological Society</i.</em> 15-16: 5-30. [In Russian]., available online at http://rfems.dvo.ru/images/rfems/bulletin/vol_015_016/article_01.pdf [details] Available for editors

additional source Williams S.T., Smith L.M., Herbert D.G., Marshall B.A., Warén A., Kiel S., Dyal P., Linse K., Vilvens C. & Kano Y. (2013) Cenozoic climate change and diversification on the continental shelf and slope: evolution of gastropod diversity in the family Solariellidae (Trochoidea). <i>Ecology and Evolution</i> 3(4): 887–917., available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.513/pdf [details]
additional source Galkin, Yu. I. (1955). Bryukhonogiye mollyuski trokhidy dal'nevostochnykh i severnykh morey SSSR (Semeystvo Trochidae) / Брюхоногие моллюски трохиды дальневосточных и северных морей СССР (Семейство Trochidae) / Gastropod molluscs trochids of Far Eastern and northern seas of the USSR (Family Trochidae). <em>Opredeliteli po faune SSSR.</em> 57: 1-131 (in Russian)., available online at http://ashipunov.me/shipunov/school/books/galkin1955_trochidy_sssr.djvu
page(s): 109, fig. 66 [details] Available for editors






From editor or global species database
Distribution Range: 63°N to 44°N; 72°W to 0°W. Distribution: Canada; Canada: Baffin Island, Labrador, Newfoundland, Gulf of St. Lawrence Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including the Northumberland Strait and Georges Bay to the Canso Strait causeway) [details]Type locality USA, New England, Chaleur Bay [details]
Unreviewed
Habitat infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (38 publications) (from synonym Margarita varicosa Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Solariella varicosa)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Margarita varicosa Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842)
To Malacopics (Solariella varicosa (Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842) Norway, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To PESI (from synonym Margarita varicosa Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Margarita acuminata G. B. Sowerby I, 1838)
To PESI (from synonym Margarita elegantissima S. V. Wood, 1848)
To PESI (from synonym Margarita polaris Danielssen, 1859)
To The Arctic Traits Database (1 trait)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (38 publications) (from synonym Margarita varicosa Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Solariella varicosa)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Margarita varicosa Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842)
To Malacopics (Solariella varicosa (Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842) Norway, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To PESI (from synonym Margarita varicosa Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Margarita acuminata G. B. Sowerby I, 1838)
To PESI (from synonym Margarita elegantissima S. V. Wood, 1848)
To PESI (from synonym Margarita polaris Danielssen, 1859)
To The Arctic Traits Database (1 trait)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS