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]

Description

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

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

Brown, T. 1827. Illustrations of the Conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. [vi] + v, 52 pls. W. H. Lizars, D. Lizars and S. Highley: London. [True date: post 25 Nov.]
Möller, H. P. C. 1842. Index molluscorum Groenlandiae. Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift 4: 76-97.
Dall, W. H. 1926. A new Margarites from Greenland. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 39: 59. [Stated date: 30 Jul 1926.]
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 page(s): 60
Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213

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