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

Margarites vahlii (Møller, 1842)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Margarites*	Leach, 1847	accepted genus name
*Margarita*	Leach, 1819	junior homonym
*Margarites (Margarites)*	J. E. Gray, 1847	synonym
*Trochus (Margarita)*	Leach, 1819	synonym

Species group names

*Margarita vahlii*	Møller, 1842	synonym
*Margarites hypolispus*	Dall, 1919	synonym
*Margarites johnsoni*	Dall, 1921	synonym
*Margarites mighelsi*	Rehder, 1937	synonym
*Margarita acuminata*	G. B. Sowerby, 1838 sensu Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842	misapplied name

Literature

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.
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	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	Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Margarites vahlii (Møller, 1842). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141823