Margarites striatus

Margarites striatus, common name the striate margarite, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Margaritidae.

Margarites striatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Margaritidae
Genus:	Margarites
Species:	M. striatus
Binomial name
Margarites striatus (Leach, 1841)
Synonyms
Eumargarita groenlandicus auct. non Gmelin, 1791 Margarita carneus (Lowe, 1826) Margarita cinerarius auct. non Linnaeus, 1758 Margarita cinerea auct. non Couthouy, 1838 Margarita despecta Mörch, 1857 Margarita elatior Middendorff, 1849 Margarita incarnatus (Couthouy, 1838) Margarita intermedia Leche, 1878 Margarita laevigata Leche, 1878 Margarita normalis Middendorff, 1849 Margarita rudis Leche, 1878 Margarita striata Leach, 1819 Margarita trochiformis Möller, 1842 Margarita undulata Sowerby, G.B. I, 1838 Margarites shannonicus Dall, 1919 Margarites striatus var. laevior (Jeffreys, 1865) Margarites undulatus (Sowerby I, 1838) Trochus albidus Jeffreys, 1865 Trochus cinerarius auct. non Linnaeus, 1758 Trochus dilatatus Jeffreys, 1865 Trochus fabricii Philippi, 1852 Trochus groenlandicus auct. non Gmelin, 1791 Trochus leachii Philippi, 1852 Trochus laevior Jeffreys, 1865 Trochus margarita auct. non Montagu, 1808 Trochus undulatus (Sowerby I, 1838) Turbo carneus Lowe, 1826 Turbo incarnatus Couthouy, 1838 Turbo undulatus (Sowerby I, 1838)

Description

The size of the shell varies between 13 mm and 19 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in European waters and in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean; in the Arctic Pacific Ocean at depths between 0 m and 22 m.

References

• Leach, W. E. 1819. Descriptions des nouvelles espèces d'Animaux découvertes par le vaisseau Isabelle dans un voyage au pôle boréal. Journal de Physique, de Chimie, et d'Histoire Naturelle 88: 462–467.
• Couthouy, J. P. 1838. Descriptions of new species of Mollusca and shells, and remarks on several polypi found in Massachusetts Bay. Boston Journal of Natural History 2: 53–111, pls. 1–3
• Sowerby, G. B., I. 1838. A descriptive catalogue of the species of Leach's genus Margarita. Malacological and Conchological Magazine 1: 23–27.
• Möller, H. P. C. 1842. Index molluscorum Groenlandiae. Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift 4: 76–97.
• Middendorff, A. T. von. 1849. Beiträge zu einer Malacozoologia Rossica. II. Aufzählung und Beschreibung der zur Meeresfauna Russlands gehörigen einschaler. Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg, Sciences Naturelles (6)6: 329–516, pls. 1–11.
• Mörch, O. A. L. 1857. Fortegnelse over Grønlands Bløddyr. Grønland Geographisk og Statistisk Beskrevet 2: 75–100 Commission hos Universitetsboghandler: Kjøbenhavn.
• Jeffreys, J. G. 1865. British conchology. British Conchology 3: [ii] + 393 pp., frontispiece, 8 pls. John Van Voorst: London
• Leche, W. 1878. Öfversigt öfver de af Svenska Expeditionerna till Novaja Semlja och Jenissej 1875 och 1876 Insamlade: Hafs-Mollusker. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar (2)16(2): 1–86, pls. 1–2.
• Turgeon, D.D., et al. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26
• Trott, T.J. 2004. Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist (Special Issue 2): 261 – 324.
• 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. page(s): 35
• BODC (2009). Species list from the British Oceanographic Data Centre