Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Margaritidae Rank Species | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Trochoidea Genus Margarites | |
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Similar Solariella obscura, Margarites, Solariella, Homalopoma, Monodonta | ||
Margarites olivaceus, common name the eastern olive margarite, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Margaritidae.
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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 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA