Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Vetigastropoda
Ordo: Trochida
Superfamilia: Trochoidea
Familia: Margaritidae
Genera (5 + †1): Anomphalogaza – Antimargarita – Callogaza – Gaza – Margarites – †Afrollonia
Name
Margaritidae Thiele, 1924
Type genus: Margarites Gray, 1847
Synonyms
Gazidae Hickman & McLean, 1990
Gazini Hickman & McLean, 1990 (original rank)
Margaritinae Thiele, 1924 (original rank)
References
Hickman, C.S. & McLean, J.H. 1990. Systematic revision and suprageneric classification of trochacean gastropods. Science Series 35. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. [not seen] Reference page.
Links
Margaritidae in the World Register of Marine Species
Margaritidae is a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Trochoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).[1]
Margaritinae Thiele, 1924, originally a subfamily in Trochidae was moved to Turbinidae following Williams et al. 2007. It has been elevated to the rank of family Margaritidae. This family has no subfamilies.
Genera
Genera within the family Margaritidae include:
Anomphalogaza Hickman, 2012
Antimargarita Powell, 1951
Callogaza Dall, 1881
Gaza Watson, 1879
Margarites Gray, 1847
Genera brought into synonymy
Eumargarita P. Fischer, 1885: synonym of Margarites Gray, 1847
Margarita Leach, 1819: synonym of Margarites Gray, 1847
Valvatella Gray, 1857: synonym of Margarites Gray, 1847
References
Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2005) Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia 47(1-2): 1-397
Hickman C.S. (2012) A new genus and two new species of deep-sea gastropods (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda: Gazidae). The Nautilus 126(2): 57–67
Williams S.T. (2012) Advances in molecular systematics of the vetigastropod superfamily Trochoidea. Zoologica Scripta 41(6): 571-595.
Bouchet, P. (2012). Margaritidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=714634 on 3 JUly 2013
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