Margarites olivaceus
| Margarites olivaceus | |
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| 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) | |
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Margarites olivaceus, common name the eastern olive margarite, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Margaritidae.[1]
- Subspecies
- Margarites olivaceus marginatus Dall, 1919
- Margarites olivaceus olivaceus (Brown, 1827)
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
- ↑ Margarites olivaceus (Brown, 1827). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 April 2010.
- 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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