MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Margarites groenlandicus (Gmelin, 1791)

(of Trochus groenlandicus Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13. 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]

Descriptive notes

Distribution Not recorded from North Sea, rare on British coasts

Distribution Not recorded from North Sea, rare on British coasts [details]

Distribution Greenland to Massachusetts Bay

Distribution Greenland to Massachusetts Bay [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Margarites groenlandicus (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141820 on 2025-04-02

Taxonomic edit history

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Gofas, Serge

2022-07-08 09:13:01Z

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Vinarski, Maxim

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Nomenclature

original description (of Trochus groenlandicus var. albida Jeffreys, 1865) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). British conchology. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): vol. 3, p. 298 [details]

original description (of Margarita undulata G. B. Sowerby I, 1838) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1838). A descriptive catalogue of the species of Leach's genus Margarita. The Malacological and Conchological Magazine. 1: 23–27., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8422960
page(s): 26 [details]

original description (of Margarites shannonicus 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. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 56 (2295): 293-371., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7766313
page(s): 364 [details]

original description (of Margarita costellata G. B. Sowerby I, 1838) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1838). A descriptive catalogue of the species of Leach's genus Margarita. The Malacological and Conchological Magazine. 1: 23–27., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8422960
page(s): 26 [details]

original description (of Margarita striata Leach, 1819) Leach, W.E. (1819). Descriptions des nouvelles espèces d'Animaux découvertes par le vaisseau Isabelle dans un voyage au pôle boréal. [Descriptions of new species of animals discovered by the ship Isabelle on a voyage to the northern pole.]. Journal de Physique, de Chimie, et d'Histoire Naturelle. 88: 462-467., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29607#
page(s): 464 [details]

original description (of Margarita sulcata G. B. Sowerby I, 1838) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1838). A descriptive catalogue of the species of Leach's genus Margarita. The Malacological and Conchological Magazine. 1: 23–27., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8422960
page(s): 26 [details]

original description (of Trochus groenlandicus Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13. 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]

original description (of Turbo carneus R. T. Lowe, 1825) Lowe, R. T. (1825). Descriptions of some shells, belonging principally to the genus Chiton, observed on the coast of Argyleshire the summer of 1824. Zoological Journal. 2: 93-108., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=nV8FAAAAQAAJ [details]

original description (of Turbo incarnatus Couthouy, 1838) Couthouy, J. P. (1838). Descriptions of new species of Mollusca and shells, and remarks on several Polypii, found in Massachussets Bay. Boston Journal of Natural History. 2(1): 53-111., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32266711
page(s): 98, pl. III, fig. B [details]

original description (of Trochus groenlandicus var. dilatata Jeffreys, 1865) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). British conchology. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): vol. 3, p. 298 [details]

original description (of Trochus fabricii R. A. Philippi, 1850) Philippi, R. A. (1846-1855). Die Kreiselschnecken oder Trochoideen (Gattungen Turbo, Trochus, Solarium, Rotella, Delphinula, Phasianella). In Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. In: Küster, H. C.; Ed. Systematisches Conchylien Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Zweiten Bandes, dritte Abtheilung. 2(3): 1-372, pl. 1-49. Nürnberg: Bauer & Raspe (pp. 1-24 [1846], 25-32 [1847], 33-72 [1848], 73-120 [1849], 121-136 [1850], 137-232 [1851], 233-248 [1852], 249-372 [1855]; pl. 1-6 [1846], 7-18 [1847], 19-24 [1848], 25-32, 34-39 [1849], 40-45 [1850], 33, 46-49 [1851])., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/106978
page(s): 284, pl. 42, fig. 2 [details]

original description (of Trochus rossii R. A. Philippi, 1850) Philippi, R. A. (1846-1855). Die Kreiselschnecken oder Trochoideen (Gattungen Turbo, Trochus, Solarium, Rotella, Delphinula, Phasianella). In Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. In: Küster, H. C.; Ed. Systematisches Conchylien Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Zweiten Bandes, dritte Abtheilung. 2(3): 1-372, pl. 1-49. Nürnberg: Bauer & Raspe (pp. 1-24 [1846], 25-32 [1847], 33-72 [1848], 73-120 [1849], 121-136 [1850], 137-232 [1851], 233-248 [1852], 249-372 [1855]; pl. 1-6 [1846], 7-18 [1847], 19-24 [1848], 25-32, 34-39 [1849], 40-45 [1850], 33, 46-49 [1851])., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/106978
page(s): 288, pl. 42, fig. 9 [details]

original description (of Margarita groenlandica var. rudis Mörch, 1869) Mörch, O. A. L. (1869). Catalogue des mollusques du Spitzberg recueillis par le Dr. H. Kroyer pendant le voyage de la corvette La Recherche en juin 1838. Annales de la Société Malacologique de Belgique. 4: 7-32., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7238722
page(s): 23 [details]

original description (of Trochus inflatus T. Brown, 1839) Smith, J. (1839). On the last changes in the relative levels of the land and sea in the British Islands. Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society. 8: 49-113, pl. 1-2. Edinburgh., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35485515
page(s): 102, pl. 1 fig. 10-11 [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. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

Other

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 Rehder, H. (1990). Clarification of the identity of the snail Margarites groenlandicus (Gmelin, 1791) (Gastropoda, Trochidae). The Nautilus. 103(4): 117-123, figs. 1-13., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8278131 [details]

additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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additional source Turgeon, D., Quinn, J. F., Bogan, A. E., Coan, E. V., Hochberg, F. G., Lyons, W. G., Mikkelsen, P. M., Neves, R. J., Roper, C. F. E., Rosenberg, G., Roth, B., Scheltema, A., Thompson, F. G., Vecchione, M., Williams, J. D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 60 [details]

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