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Class: Gastropoda
Order: Trochida
Family: Trochidae Top shells

Genus: Margarites

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34 species (see list below)
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Margarites albolineatus
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Margarites althorpensis
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Max. Length 0.3 cm DL
 
Margarites argentatus
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Miller, Todd

Northeast Pacific and Atl
Max. Length 1 cm NG
Margarites beringensis(Smith, 1899)

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Margarites beringensis
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Miller, Todd

Eastern Pacific, Northern
Max. Length 2.5 cm TL
Margarites costalis(Gould, 1841)

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Margarites costalis
[Boreal rosy margarite]
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Margarites crebrilirulata
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Margarites ecarinatus
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Margarites euspirus
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Margarites frigidus
[Polar margarite]
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Margarites giganteus
[Giant margarite]

Coltro, Marcus

Arctic and Northern Atlan
Max. Length 2.5 cm DL
Margarites groenlandicus(Gmelin, 1791)

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Margarites groenlandicus
[Greenland margarite]
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Margarites healyi
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Coltro, Marcus

Northeast Pacific, Northe
Max. Length 1.1 cm DL
Margarites helicinus(Phipps, 1774)

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Margarites helicinus
[Spiral margarite]
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Margarites hickmanae
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Margarites keepi
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Margarites manusensis
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Max. Length 0.3 cm DL
 
Margarites multilineatus
[Many-line margarite]
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Margarites ochotensis
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Max. Length 1.1 cm DL
 
Margarites olivaceus
[Olive margarite]
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Margarites pribiloffensis
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Max. Length 1.7 cm NG
 
Margarites pupillus
[Little margarite]
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Margarites rhodia
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Margarites rudis
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Margarites ryukyuensis
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Margarites salmoneus
[Salmon margarite]
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Max. Length 0.5 cm OT
 
Margarites scintillans
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Margarites simbla
[Beehive margarite]
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Margarites smithi
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Margarites sordidus
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Margarites striatus
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Margarites succinctus
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Margarites umbilicalis
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Max. Length 0.5 cm DL
 
Margarites vahlii
[Vahl margarite]
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Margarites vorticifer
[Vortex margarite]


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