MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Margarites helicinus (Phipps, 1774)

ERMS taxon details

Margarites helicinus (Phipps, 1774)

AphiaID

141821 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141821)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Margarites Leach, 1847

Original name

Turbo helicinus Phipps, 1774

Synonymised names

Helix margarita Montagu, 1808 · unaccepted (synonym)

Margarita arctica Leach, 1819 · unaccepted

Margarita campanulata A. S. Packard, 1867 · unaccepted

Trochus helicinus (Phipps, 1774) · unaccepted

Trochus helicinus var. fasciata Jeffreys, 1865 · unaccepted (synonym)

Turbo helicinus Phipps, 1774 · unaccepted (original combination)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

(of Turbo helicinus Phipps, 1774) Phipps C.J. (1774). A voyage towards the North Pole undertaken by His Majesty's command 1773. London. i-viii, 1-253., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15066869
page(s): 198 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Margarites helicinus (Phipps, 1774). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org//www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141821 on 2025-11-10

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Margarites helicinus (Phipps, 1774). Accessed at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141821 on 2025-11-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2022-05-20 09:12:33Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

Licensing

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original description (of Helix margarita Montagu, 1808) Montagu, G. (1808). Supplement to Testacea Britannica with Additional Plates. Woolmer, Exeter. v + 183 pp., pl. 17-30. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61685744 [details]

original description (of Turbo helicinus Phipps, 1774) Phipps C.J. (1774). A voyage towards the North Pole undertaken by His Majesty's command 1773. London. i-viii, 1-253., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15066869
page(s): 198 [details]

original description (of Margarita arctica Leach, 1819) Leach W. E. (1819). A list of invertebrate animals discovered by H. M. S. Isabella, in a voyage to the Arctic regions: corrected by W. E. Leach. Appendix II. p.lxi - lxiv [in] Ross, John A voyage of discovery in His Majesty's ships Isabella and Alexander [in 1818] for the purpose of exploring Baffin's Bay and enquiring into the possibility of a northwest passage. [book]. xxxix+252 pp., 29 pls, 3 maps. John Murray. London., available online at https://archive.org/details/voyageofdiscover02ross/page/n413/mode/2up
page(s): lxi [details]

original description (of Margarita campanulata A. S. Packard, 1867) Packard, A. S. (1867). View of the recent invertebrate fauna of Labrador. Memoirs read before the Boston Society of Natural History. 1 : 262-302., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7494517
page(s): 284, pl. VII, figs. 15, 15a [details]

original description (of Trochus helicinus var. fasciata Jeffreys, 1865) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). British conchology. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): 296 [details]

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., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

additional source Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA., available online at http://www.malacolog.org [details]

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., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/350432257_Marine_and_brackish-water_Gastropoda_of_Russia_and_adjacent_countries_an_illustrated_catalogue
page(s): 34 [details]

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</i. 15-16: 5-30. [In Russian]., available online at http://rfems.dvo.ru/images/rfems/bulletin/vol_015_016/article_01.pdf [details] Available for editors

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. (look up in RoR)
page(s): 60 [details]