MolluscaBase taxon details
Margarites olivaceus (T. Brown, 1827)
141822 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141822)
accepted
Species
Eumargarita olivacea (T. Brown, 1827) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Margarita argentata A. Gould, 1841 · unaccepted
Margarita frielei A. Krause, 1885 · unaccepted (synonym)
Margarita glauca Møller, 1842 · unaccepted (synonym)
Margarita harrisoni Hancock, 1846 · unaccepted (synonym)
Margarita olivacea T. Brown, 1822 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Margarites (Margarites) olivacea (T. Brown, 1827) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Margarites argentatus (A. Gould, 1841) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Margarites grosvenori Dall, 1926 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Margaritopsis frielei (A. Krause, 1885) · unaccepted (a junior synonym)
Solariella olivacea (T. Brown, 1827) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Trochus argentatus (A. Gould, 1841) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Trochus glaucus (Möller, 1842) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Trochus olivaceus (T. Brown, 1827) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Turbo olivaceus T. Brown, 1827 · unaccepted
- Subspecies Margarites olivaceus marginatus Dall, 1919
- Subspecies Margarites olivaceus olivaceus (T. Brown, 1827)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Turbo olivaceus T. Brown, 1827) Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from nature. <em>W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London.</em> 144 pp., 52 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127868 [details]
Distribution Range: 82°N to 42.3°N; 119°W to 0°W. Distribution: Greenland; Greenland: North Greenland, West Greenland, East Greenland;...
Distribution Range: 82°N to 42.3°N; 119°W to 0°W. Distribution: Greenland; Greenland: North Greenland, West Greenland, East Greenland; Canada; Canada: Queen Elizabeth Islands, Baffin Island, Hudson Bay, Labrador, Gulf of St. Lawrence, Quebec; USA: Maine, Massachusetts [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Margarites olivaceus (T. Brown, 1827). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141822 on 2025-09-10
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original description
(of Margarita argentata A. Gould, 1841) Gould, A.A. (1841). Report on the Invertebrata of Massachusetts, Comprising the Mollusca, Crustacea, Annelida, and Radiata. <em>Published Agreeably to an Order of the Legislature, by the Commissioners on the Zoological and Botanical Survey of the State. Folsom, Wells, and Thurston, Cambridge,.</em> xiii + 373 pp., 15 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/76081
page(s): 256, fig. 164. [details]
original description (of Margarita frielei A. Krause, 1885) Krause A. (1885). Ein Beitrag zur kenntnis der Molluskenfauna des Beringsmeres. II. Gastropods und Pteropoda. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 51(1): 256-302, pls 16-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6317170 [details]
original description (of Margarita glauca Møller, 1842) Møller, H. P. C. (1842). Index Molluscorum Groenlandiae. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift.</em> 4(1): 76-97., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2322910
page(s): 81 [details]
original description (of Margarites grosvenori Dall, 1926) Dall W.H. (1926). A new Margarites from Greenland. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 39: 59-60., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34550523
page(s): 59 [details]
original description (of Turbo olivaceus T. Brown, 1827) Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from nature. <em>W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London.</em> 144 pp., 52 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127868 [details]
original description (of Margarita harrisoni Hancock, 1846) Hancock A. 1846. A list of shells dredged on the West Coast of Davis's Strait; with notes and descriptions of eight new species. <i>Annals and Magazine of Natural History</i>, 18: 323-338, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2319632 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
page(s): 256, fig. 164. [details]
original description (of Margarita frielei A. Krause, 1885) Krause A. (1885). Ein Beitrag zur kenntnis der Molluskenfauna des Beringsmeres. II. Gastropods und Pteropoda. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 51(1): 256-302, pls 16-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6317170 [details]
original description (of Margarita glauca Møller, 1842) Møller, H. P. C. (1842). Index Molluscorum Groenlandiae. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift.</em> 4(1): 76-97., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2322910
page(s): 81 [details]
original description (of Margarites grosvenori Dall, 1926) Dall W.H. (1926). A new Margarites from Greenland. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 39: 59-60., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34550523
page(s): 59 [details]
original description (of Turbo olivaceus T. Brown, 1827) Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from nature. <em>W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London.</em> 144 pp., 52 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127868 [details]
original description (of Margarita harrisoni Hancock, 1846) Hancock A. 1846. A list of shells dredged on the West Coast of Davis's Strait; with notes and descriptions of eight new species. <i>Annals and Magazine of Natural History</i>, 18: 323-338, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2319632 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Dimensions maximum size of 2 to 4 mm in length [details]Distribution Range: 82°N to 42.3°N; 119°W to 0°W. Distribution: Greenland; Greenland: North Greenland, West Greenland, East Greenland; Canada; Canada: Queen Elizabeth Islands, Baffin Island, Hudson Bay, Labrador, Gulf of St. Lawrence, Quebec; USA: Maine, Massachusetts [details]
Habitat bathyal, infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | olive margariteeastern olive margarite | [details] |
To Malacopics (Margarites olivaceus (T.Brown,1827) Norway, Svalbard, Chermsideøya, at 45 m depth)
To Malacopics (Margarites olivaceus (T.Brown,1827) Norway, Svalbard, Nordaustlandet, Murchisonfjord)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Margarites grosvenori Dall, 1926 Holotype USNM 363551) (from synonym Margarites grosvenori Dall, 1926)
To ITIS
To Malacopics (Margarites olivaceus (T.Brown,1827) Norway, Svalbard, Nordaustlandet, Murchisonfjord)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Margarites grosvenori Dall, 1926 Holotype USNM 363551) (from synonym Margarites grosvenori Dall, 1926)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
