Margarites olivaceus

Margarites olivaceus
Drawing with an apertural view of a shell of Margarites olivaceus marginatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Margaritidae
Genus: Margarites
Species: M. olivaceus
Binomial name
Margarites olivaceus
(Brown, 1827)
Synonyms
  • Eumargarita olivaceus (Brown, 1827)
  • Margarita glauca Möller, 1842
  • Margarita harrisoni Hancock, 1846
  • Margarites glauca Möller, H.P.C., 1842
  • Margarites grosvenori Dall, 1926
  • Solariella olivaceus (Brown, 1827)
  • Trochus argentatus Gould, A.A., 1841
  • Trochus glaucus (Möller, 1842)
  • Turbo olivaceus Brown, 1827

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

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

References

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