IRMNG - Margaritidae Thiele, 1924

IRMNG taxon details

Margaritidae Thiele, 1924

IRMNG_ID

121815 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:121815)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Trochida

Synonymised names

Gazidae Hickman & McLean, 1990 · unaccepted

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Genus Anomphalogaza Hickman, 2012
Genus Antimargarita Powell, 1951
Genus Callogaza Dall, 1881
Genus Gaza Watson, 1879
Genus Margarites Gray, 1847
Genus Eumargarita P. Fischer, 1885 accepted as Margarites Gray, 1847
Genus Margarita Leach in Ross, 1819 accepted as Margarites Gray, 1847 (Invalid: junior homonym of Margarita Leach, 1814 [Bivalvia, Pteriidae])
Genus Pupillaria Dall, 1909 accepted as Margarites Gray, 1847
Genus Valvatella Gray, 1857 accepted as Margarites Gray, 1847

Environment

marine, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Not documented

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark Junior homonym of Margaritidae Blainville, 1824 (Bivalvia). Bieler & Bouchet, 2022 note this homonymy and propose that the...

Taxonomic remark Junior homonym of Margaritidae Blainville, 1824 (Bivalvia). Bieler & Bouchet, 2022 note this homonymy and propose that the ICZN supports emending the present family name to Margaritesidae. [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2024). Margaritidae Thiele, 1924. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=121815 on 2025-03-23

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2013-06-02 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2024-01-18 17:32:33Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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basis of record WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

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
note: notes homonymy with the earlier name Margaritidae Blainville, 1824 (Bivalvia) and proposes that this name be changed to Margaritesidae, retaining the original authorship [details]

current name source WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

Unreviewed

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