Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Vetigastropoda > Superfamily Trochoidea > Family Margaritidae > Genus Margarites

Margarites olivaceus (Brown, 1827)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Margarites*	Gray, 1847	accepted genus name
*Margarita*	Leach, 1819	later homonym
*Margarita*	Leach, 1819	synonym
*Trochus (Margarita)*	Leach, 1819	synonym

Species group names

*Margarita argentata*	Gould, 1841	synonym
*Margarita argentata var. gigantea*	Leche, 1878	synonym
*Margarita frielei*	Krause, 1885	synonym
*Margarita glauca*	Møller, 1842	synonym
*Margarita harrisoni*	Hancock, 1846	synonym
*Margarites gigantea*	Galkin, 1955	synonym
*Margarites grosvenori*	Dall, 1926	synonym
*Turbo olivaceus*	Brown, 1827	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: eastern olive margarite; olive margarite

Literature

basis of record	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
additional source	Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA.
additional source	Turgeon, D.; Quinn, J.F.; Bogan, A.E.; Coan, E.V.; Hochberg, F.G.; Lyons, W.G.; Mikkelsen, P.M.; Neves, R.J.; Roper, C.F.E.; Rosenberg, G.; Roth, B.; Scheltema, A.; Thompson, F.G.; Vecchione, M.; Williams, J.D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp.
additional source	ITIS database

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Margarites olivaceus (Brown, 1827). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141822