Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Vetigastropoda > Superfamily Trochoidea > Family Margaritidae > Genus Margarites

Margarites helicinus (Phipps, 1774)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Margarites*	Gray, 1847	accepted genus name
*Margarita*	Leach, 1819	later homonym
*Margarita*	Leach, 1819	synonym
*Trochus (Margarita)*	Leach, 1819	synonym

Species group names

*Turbo helicinus*	Phipps, 1774	basionym
*Helix margarita*	Montagu, 1808	synonym
*Margarita arctica*	Leach, 1819	synonym
*Margarita campanulata*	Packard, 1867	synonym
*Trochus helicinus*	(Phipps, 1774)	synonym
*Trochus helicinus var. fasciata*	Jeffreys, 1865	synonym
*Turbo helicinus*	Phipps, 1774	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: perlesnegl sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: helicina margarite; pearly top shell; spiral margarite sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS);PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English-United States: Pearly Top Shell sources: Charles Hussey

French: margarite hélice

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
additional source	Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA.
additional source	Kantor Yu.I. & Sysoev A.V. (2006) Marine and brackish water Gastropoda of Russia and adjacent countries: an illustrated catalogue. Moscow: KMK Scientific Press. 372 pp. + 140 pls.
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
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.
additional source	Gulbin V.V. & Chaban E.M. (2012) Annotated list of shell-bearing gastropods of Commander Islands. Part I. The Bulletin of the Russian Far East Malacological Society 15-16: 5–30.

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (5 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
Barcode of Life (14 barcodes)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Marine Life Information Network - UK
Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications)
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Margarites helicinus (Phipps, 1774). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141821