WoRMS taxon details
Margarella Thiele, 1893
196989 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:196989)
accepted
Genus
Margarita expansa G. B. Sowerby I, 1838 accepted as Margarella expansa (G. B. Sowerby I, 1838) (type by subsequent designation)
Margarella (Promargarita) Strebel, 1908 · alternative representation
Margaritella Thiele, 1891 · unaccepted (Invalid: junior homonym of...)
Invalid: junior homonym of Margaritella Meek & Hayden, 1860; Margarella is a replacement name
Photinula (Promargarita) Strebel, 1908 · unaccepted
- Species Margarella achilles (Strebel, 1908)
- Species Margarella antarctica (E. Lamy, 1906)
- Species Margarella bouvetia A. W. B. Powell, 1951
- Species Margarella crebrilirulata (E. A. Smith, 1907)
- Species Margarella expansa (G. B. Sowerby I, 1838)
- Species Margarella gunnerusensis Numanami, 1996
- Species Margarella jason A. W. B. Powell, 1951
- Species Margarella macquariensis Hedley, 1916
- Species Margarella obsoleta A. W. B. Powell, 1951
- Species Margarella porcellana A. W. B. Powell, 1951
- Species Margarella pruinosa (Rochebrune & Mabille, 1885)
- Species Margarella refulgens (E. A. Smith, 1907)
- Species Margarella steineni (Strebel, 1905)
- Species Margarella subantarctica (Strebel, 1908)
- Species Margarella tropidophoroides (Strebel, 1908)
- Species Margarella violacea (P. P. King, 1832)
- Species Margarella wacei (Melvill & Standen, 1918)
- Species Margarella whiteana K. Linse, 2002
- Species Margarella antipoda (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848) accepted as Cantharidus antipodum antipodum (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848) accepted as Cantharidus antipodum (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848) (synonym)
- Species Margarella fulminata (F. W. Hutton, 1873) accepted as Cantharidus fulminatus (F. W. Hutton, 1873) (superseded combination)
- Species Margarella hinemoa A. W. B. Powell, 1955 accepted as Cantharidus antipodum (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848) (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Margarella minutissima (E. A. Smith, 1907) accepted as Lissotesta minutissima (E. A. Smith, 1907)
- Species Margarella puysegurensis A. W. B. Powell, 1939 accepted as Cantharidus (Pseudomargarella) puysegurensis (A. W. B. Powell, 1939) represented as Cantharidus puysegurensis (A. W. B. Powell, 1939) (superseded combination)
- Species Margarella turneri A. W. B. Powell, 1939 accepted as Cantharidus turneri (A. W. B. Powell, 1939) (superseded combination)
- Subgenus Margarella (Promargarita) Strebel, 1908 represented as Margarella Thiele, 1893
marine
recent + fossil
Troschel, F. H. (1856-1893). <i>Das Gebiss der Schnecken zur Begründung einer natürlichen Classification</i>. Nicolaische Verlagsbuchhandlung, Berlin. Vol. 1: i-viii, 1-252 pls 1-20. Vol. 2: i-ix, 1-246, 249-409, pls 1- 32. [1: 1-72, pls 1-4, 1856; 73-112, pls 5-8, 1857; 113-152, pls 9-12, 1858; 153-196, pls 13-16, 1861; i-viii, 197-252, pls 17-20, 1863. Vol 2: 1-48, pls 1-4, Dec. 1865; 49-96, pls 5-8, Dec 1867; 97-132, pls 9-12, 1869; 133-180, pls 13-16, 1875; 181-216, pls 17-20, 18 Sept. 1878; 217-246, pls 21-24, 2 Sept. 1879; 249-334, pls 25-28, 1891 {by Thiele}; i-ix, 337-409, pls 29-32, 1893 {by Thiele}. [Dates of publication from Robertson, 1957, Nautilus 70(4): 136-138]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/11262
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MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Margarella Thiele, 1893. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196989 on 2026-05-21
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Nomenclature
original description
Troschel, F. H. (1856-1893). <i>Das Gebiss der Schnecken zur Begründung einer natürlichen Classification</i>. Nicolaische Verlagsbuchhandlung, Berlin. Vol. 1: i-viii, 1-252 pls 1-20. Vol. 2: i-ix, 1-246, 249-409, pls 1- 32. [1: 1-72, pls 1-4, 1856; 73-112, pls 5-8, 1857; 113-152, pls 9-12, 1858; 153-196, pls 13-16, 1861; i-viii, 197-252, pls 17-20, 1863. Vol 2: 1-48, pls 1-4, Dec. 1865; 49-96, pls 5-8, Dec 1867; 97-132, pls 9-12, 1869; 133-180, pls 13-16, 1875; 181-216, pls 17-20, 18 Sept. 1878; 217-246, pls 21-24, 2 Sept. 1879; 249-334, pls 25-28, 1891 {by Thiele}; i-ix, 337-409, pls 29-32, 1893 {by Thiele}. [Dates of publication from Robertson, 1957, Nautilus 70(4): 136-138]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/11262
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original description (of Margaritella Thiele, 1891) Thiele, J. (1891-1893). [continuation of F.H. Troschel] <i>Das Gebiss der Schnecken zur Begründung einer natürlichen Classification</i>, 2: 249-334 [1891]; 337-409, i-ix [1893]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33044364
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original description (of Photinula (Promargarita) Strebel, 1908) Strebel, H. (1908). Die Gastropoden. In: <i>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen Südpolar-Expedition 1901–1903 unter Leitung von Dr. Otto Nordenskjöld</i>, Bd 6, Lief. 1: 111 pp., 6 pls. Stockholm. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6227397
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basis of record Zelaya D.G. (2004) The genus <i>Margarella</i> Thiele, 1893 (Gastropoda: Trochidae) in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean. <i>The Nautilus</i> 118(3): 112-120., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34681823 [details]
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original description (of Margaritella Thiele, 1891) Thiele, J. (1891-1893). [continuation of F.H. Troschel] <i>Das Gebiss der Schnecken zur Begründung einer natürlichen Classification</i>, 2: 249-334 [1891]; 337-409, i-ix [1893]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33044364
page(s): 259 [details]
original description (of Photinula (Promargarita) Strebel, 1908) Strebel, H. (1908). Die Gastropoden. In: <i>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen Südpolar-Expedition 1901–1903 unter Leitung von Dr. Otto Nordenskjöld</i>, Bd 6, Lief. 1: 111 pp., 6 pls. Stockholm. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6227397
page(s): 74 [details]
basis of record Zelaya D.G. (2004) The genus <i>Margarella</i> Thiele, 1893 (Gastropoda: Trochidae) in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean. <i>The Nautilus</i> 118(3): 112-120., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34681823 [details]
Other
additional source
Egorova, E. (1982). Biological results of the Soviet Antarctic expeditions, 7. Molluscs of the Davis Sea [Егорова Э.Н. Результаты биологических исследований советских антарктических экспедиций. Вып. 7. Моллюски моря Дейвиса (Восточная Антарктика)]. <em>Explorations of the Fauna of the Seas [Исследования фауны морей].</em> 26(34): 1-142 [In Russian]., available online at http://ashipunov.me/shipunov/school/books/egorova1982_moll_morja_dejvisa_ifm_26_34.djvu, https://www.zin.ru/publications/explorations/Vol_26(34)_Egorova_1982.pdf
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additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source 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 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source 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 [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
