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

Taxon found in 13 publications.

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