Deep-Sea taxon details
Margaritesidae Thiele, 1924
1868746 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1868746)
accepted
Family
Gazidae Hickman & J. H. McLean, 1990 · unaccepted
Margaritidae Thiele, 1924 · unaccepted > junior homonym (junior homonym of Margaritidae...)
junior homonym of Margaritidae Blainville, 1824; emended to Margaritesidae
Margaritinae Thiele, 1924 · unaccepted > superseded rank
- Genus Antimargarita A. W. B. Powell, 1951
- Genus Callogaza Dall, 1881
- Genus Gaza R. B. Watson, 1879
- Genus Margarites Leach, 1847
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Margaritinae Thiele, 1924) Thiele, J. (1924). Revision des Systems der Trochacea. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin.</em> 11(1): 47-74., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/mmnz.4830110104
page(s): 67 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 67 [details] Available for editors
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Margaritesidae Thiele, 1924. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1868746 on 2026-08-23
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Margaritesidae Thiele, 1924. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1868746 on 2026-08-23
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(of Margaritinae Thiele, 1924) Thiele, J. (1924). Revision des Systems der Trochacea. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin.</em> 11(1): 47-74., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/mmnz.4830110104
page(s): 67 [details] Available for editors
replacement name source OPINION 2519. (2025). (Case 3828) – The family name of the pearl oysters: homonymy between Margaritidae Blainville, 1824 (Mollusca, Bivalvia) and Margaritidae Thiele, 1924 (Mollusca, Gastropoda) removed by emending the latter to Margaritesidae. <em>The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 82: 161-162., available online at https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v82.a025
page(s): 161-162; note: Emendation of Margaritidae Thiele, 1924 (Gastropoda) to remove homonymy with Margaritidae Blainville, 1824 (Bivalvia). [details] Available for editors
additional source Bieler, R. & Bouchet, P. (2022). Case 3828 – The family name of the Pearl Oysters: Proposal to remove the homonymy of Margaritidae Blainville, 1824 (Mollusca: Bivalvia) with Margaritidae Thiele, 1924 (Mollusca: Gastropoda) by emending the latter to Margaritesidae. <em>The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 79(1): 12-17., available online at https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v79.a007 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 67 [details] Available for editors
replacement name source OPINION 2519. (2025). (Case 3828) – The family name of the pearl oysters: homonymy between Margaritidae Blainville, 1824 (Mollusca, Bivalvia) and Margaritidae Thiele, 1924 (Mollusca, Gastropoda) removed by emending the latter to Margaritesidae. <em>The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 82: 161-162., available online at https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v82.a025
page(s): 161-162; note: Emendation of Margaritidae Thiele, 1924 (Gastropoda) to remove homonymy with Margaritidae Blainville, 1824 (Bivalvia). [details] Available for editors
additional source Bieler, R. & Bouchet, P. (2022). Case 3828 – The family name of the Pearl Oysters: Proposal to remove the homonymy of Margaritidae Blainville, 1824 (Mollusca: Bivalvia) with Margaritidae Thiele, 1924 (Mollusca: Gastropoda) by emending the latter to Margaritesidae. <em>The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 79(1): 12-17., available online at https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v79.a007 [details] Available for editors
