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Margarites
Taxonomy
Margarites was named by Gray (1847) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-u R]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Tropitidae by Smith (1927); to Archaeogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Margaritinae by Woodring (1957), Hickman (1980), Squires and Goedert (1991), Bouchet et al. (2005) and Rosenberg (2005); to Trochidae by Durham (1944), Zinsmeister (1983) and Kiel (2006); and to Canthardinae by Schnetler et al. (2024).
It was assigned to Tropitidae by Smith (1927); to Archaeogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Margaritinae by Woodring (1957), Hickman (1980), Squires and Goedert (1991), Bouchet et al. (2005) and Rosenberg (2005); to Trochidae by Durham (1944), Zinsmeister (1983) and Kiel (2006); and to Canthardinae by Schnetler et al. (2024).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1847 | Margarites Gray |
| 1885 | Eumargarita Fischer |
| 1927 | Margarites Smith |
| 1944 | Margarites Durham p. 154 |
| 1957 | Margarites Woodring p. 62 |
| 1980 | Margarites Hickman p. 19 |
| 1983 | Margarites Zinsmeister p. 1289 |
| 1991 | Margarites Squires and Goedert p. 412 |
| 2002 | Margarites Sepkoski |
| 2005 | Margarites Bouchet et al. p. 104 |
| 2005 | Margarites Rosenberg |
| 2006 | Margarites Kiel p. 124 |
| 2024 | Margarites Schnetler et al. p. 14 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Margarites Gray 1847
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Subg. †Margarites (Atira) Stewart 1927
Subg. Margarites (Margarites) Gray 1847
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†Margarites (Margarites) chappelli Durham 1944
Margarites (Margarites) groenlandicus Gmelin 1791
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Invalid names: Margarites umbilicalis Broderip and Broderip 1829 [synonym]
†Margarites (Margarites) kocyigiti Conti and Monari 1991
Subg. Margarites (Pupillaria) Dall 1909
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†Margarites (Pupillaria) columbiana Squires and Goedert 1991
Pupillaria pupilla Gould 1849
†Margarites margaritula Sandberger 1859
†Margarites semiornata Zinsmeister 1983
†Margarites sericeus Hickman 1980
Margarites striatus Leach 1819
Margarites vahlii Möller 1842
Invalid names: Eumargarita Fischer 1885 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Norian to the top of the Holocene or 228.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 208.5 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 208.5 Ma
Collections (95 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Norian | Hungary | M. sp. (73270) | |
| Jamesoni | Turkey | M. kocyigiti (158460) | |
| Kimmeridgian - Tithonian | Yemen (Wadi Hajar) | M. sp. (2574) | |
| Late/Upper Barremian | France (Drôme) | M. sp. (177726) | |
| Aptian | United Kingdom (England) | M. mirabilis (1780 1814 1842) | |
| Albian | United Kingdom (England) | M. mirabilis (1844) | |
| Late/Upper Albian | South Africa | M. sp. (66015) | |
| Late/Upper Albian | United Kingdom (England) | M. monolifera (6280) | |
| Cenomanian | USA (California) | M. sp. (185726) | |
| Cenomanian | Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) | M. sp. (94265) | |
| Cenomanian | Japan | M. funiculatus (141571) | |
| Coniacian - Santonian | USA (California) | M. sp. (185448) | |
| Santonian | USA (California) | M. sp. (185391) | |
| Campanian | Japan | M. sp. (74501) | |
| Maastrichtian | USA (California) | M. sp. (185445) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | USA (California) | M. sp. (224893) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Poland | M. laevis (27818 27822) M. leavis (27819) | |
| Danian | Denmark | M. bruennichi (176994) | |
| Selandian | Russian Federation | M. semiornata (162251) | |
| Thanetian | Mexico (Baja) | M. semiornata (176456) | |
| Thanetian | USA (California) | M. semiornata (205394) | |
| Ypresian | Belgium | M. spiratus (77608) | |
| Lutetian | United Kingdom (England) | M. spiratus (8047) | |
| Lutetian - Bartonian | Russian Federation (Kamchatka) | M. uvutschensis (7275 8049) | |
| Bartonian | Russian Federation (Kamchatka) | M. effingeri, M. uvutschensis (5946) | |
| Bartonian - Priabonian | Russian Federation | M. sp. (50151) | |
| Priabonian | USA (Washington) | M. chappelli (180417) M. n. sp. (191203) M. serceus (39963) M. sp. (91606) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | USA (Georgia) | M. crallicus (60831) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | USA (Washington) | M. columbiana (193971) | |
| Rupelian | USA (Washington) | M. columbiana (205195) M. sp., M. serceus (39965) | |
| Oligocene | USA (Alaska) | M. peninsularis (44104 44116) | |
| Oligocene | USA (Washington) | M. chappelli (208149) | |
| Chattian | Denmark | M. margaritula (234515) | |
| Chattian - Aquitanian | USA (Florida) | M. tampaensis (60985) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Russian Federation | M. sp. (45442) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | USA (California) | M. sp. (167645) | |
| Serravallian | Japan | M. sinzi (44962) | |
| Tortonian | Argentina (Entre Rios) | Margarita striata (13626) | |
| Tortonian | USA (Alaska) | M. sp. (37401 37415) | |
| Tortonian | Panama | M. sp. (93177) | |
| Messinian | USA (California) | M. condoni (195034) M. pupillus (194801 194895) M. sp. (194806) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | USA (California) | M. pupillus (97230 97403) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Greenland | M. sp. (75099) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | USA (California) | Pupillaria succincta (223033) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Pupillaria succincta (223075) | |
| Pleistocene | Canada (Ontario) | M. sp. (65892) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (Oregon) | M. pupilla (71142) | |
| Quaternary | USA (California) | Pupillaria pupilla (37940) Pupillaria succincta, Pupillaria oldroydi (37947) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | USA (California) | Margarita pupilla (207886 222665) M. pupillus (203113) Pupillaria pupilla (203108 203114) Pupillaria sp. (203095 223329 223525) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Morocco | Trochus umbilicalis (127573 127574 127626) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Maine) | M. cinerea (66338 66355) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Oregon) | Pupillaria sp. (37675) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Morocco | Trochus umbilicalis (127591 127593 127594 127595 127599 127622 127637) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Canada (British Columbia) | M. pupillus (75232) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Margarita pupilla (222674) M. sp. (96555) Pupillaria pupilla (37672) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial) | Iceland | M. sp. (75056) | |
| Holocene | Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) | M. cinerea (66431 66504) | |
| Holocene | Canada (Nunavut) | M. sp. (48462) M. umbilicalis (66511) | |
| Holocene | Greenland | M. vahlii (75220) |