Margarites olivaceus
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| Margarites olivaceus | |
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| Drawing with an apertural view of a shell of Margarites olivaceus marginatus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| 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)
The size of the shell varies between 2 mm and 4 mm.
