WoRMS taxon details
Margarella expansa (G. B. Sowerby I, 1838)
533026 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:533026)
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                    Species
                    
                        
                Margarita expansa G. B. Sowerby I, 1838 · unaccepted (original combination)
Photinula expansa (G. B. Sowerby I, 1838) · unaccepted
Trochus (Margarita) hillii Forbes, 1852 · unaccepted
                    
                marine
                    
            
            
                                                                    
            
                    
                
(of Margarita expansa G. B. Sowerby I, 1838) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1838). A descriptive catalogue of the species of Leach's genus <i>Margarita</i>. <em>The Malacological and Conchological Magazine.</em> 1: 23–27., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8422960
page(s): 24 [details]
                    
            
            
                                                                    
            page(s): 24 [details]
                    
                MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Margarella expansa (G. B. Sowerby I, 1838). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533026 on 2025-10-31
                    
            
            
                                                
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Margarita expansa G. B. Sowerby I, 1838) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1838). A descriptive catalogue of the species of Leach's genus <i>Margarita</i>. <em>The Malacological and Conchological Magazine.</em> 1: 23–27., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8422960
page(s): 24 [details]
original description (of Trochus (Margarita) hillii Forbes, 1852) Forbes E. (1852 ["1850"]). On the marine Mollusca discovered during the voyages of the Herald and Pandora, by Capt. Kellett, R.N., and Lieut. Wood, R.N. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 18: 270-274, pls 9, 11., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859018
page(s): 272, pl. 11 fig. 10 [details]
basis of record Zelaya D.G. (2004) The genus <i>Margarella</i> Thiele, 1893 (Gastropoda: Trochidae) in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean. <i>The Nautilus</i> 118(3): 112-120., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34681823 [details]
page(s): 24 [details]
original description (of Trochus (Margarita) hillii Forbes, 1852) Forbes E. (1852 ["1850"]). On the marine Mollusca discovered during the voyages of the Herald and Pandora, by Capt. Kellett, R.N., and Lieut. Wood, R.N. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 18: 270-274, pls 9, 11., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859018
page(s): 272, pl. 11 fig. 10 [details]
basis of record Zelaya D.G. (2004) The genus <i>Margarella</i> Thiele, 1893 (Gastropoda: Trochidae) in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean. <i>The Nautilus</i> 118(3): 112-120., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34681823 [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] 
additional source Di Luca, J. & Zelaya, D. G. (2019). Gastropods from the Burdwood Bank (southwestern Atlantic): an overview of species diversity. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4544(1): 41-78., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4544.1.2
page(s): 47, fig. 2F [details] Available for editors [request]
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                    additional source Di Luca, J. & Zelaya, D. G. (2019). Gastropods from the Burdwood Bank (southwestern Atlantic): an overview of species diversity. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4544(1): 41-78., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4544.1.2
page(s): 47, fig. 2F [details] Available for editors
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 [request] Present
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
 Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate
 Inaccurate  Introduced: alien
 Introduced: alien  Containing type locality
 Containing type locality 
            To Barcode of Life 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications) (from synonym Photinula expansa (G. B. Sowerby I, 1838))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Malacopics (Margarella expansa (G.B.Sowerb,1838) Argentina, Tierra del Fuego, Beagle Channel, Ushuaia)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Margarella expansa (Sowerby, 1838), shell, apical view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Margarella expansa (Sowerby, 1838), shell, basal view)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
        
    
                            
    
                    
                    
            To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications) (from synonym Photinula expansa (G. B. Sowerby I, 1838))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Malacopics (Margarella expansa (G.B.Sowerb,1838) Argentina, Tierra del Fuego, Beagle Channel, Ushuaia)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Margarella expansa (Sowerby, 1838), shell, apical view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Margarella expansa (Sowerby, 1838), shell, basal view)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
 
        