Margarites olivaceus

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Margarites olivaceus
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Drawing with an apertural view of a shell of Margarites olivaceus marginatus
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Margaritidae
Genus: Margarites
Species:
M. olivaceus
Binomial name
Margarites olivaceus
(Brown, 1827)
Synonyms
  • Eumargarita olivaceus(Brown, 1827)
  • Margarita glaucaMöller, 1842
  • Margarita harrisoniHancock, 1846
  • Margarites glaucaMöller, H.P.C., 1842
  • Margarites grosvenoriDall, 1926
  • Solariella olivaceus(Brown, 1827)
  • Trochus argentatusGould, A.A., 1841
  • Trochus glaucus(Möller, 1842)
  • Turbo olivaceusBrown, 1827

Margarites olivaceus, common name the eastern olive margarite, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Margaritidae. [1]

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Subspecies

Description

The size of the shell varies between 2 mm and 4 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in circum-arctic waters; in the North Atlantic Ocean; in the Pacific Ocean off Oregon, USA; in the Sea of Japan

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