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Gastropoda: : Trochoidea: Margaritinae

Margarites olivaceus (Brown, 1827)


Range: 82°N to 42.3°N; 119°W to 0°W
Depth: 0 to 385 m (live 0 to 385 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 11  mm

Synonymy

Turbo olivaceus Brown, 1827
Solariella olivaceus (Brown, 1827) 
Eumargarita olivaceus (Brown, 1827) 
Margarita glauca Möller, 1842
Trochus glaucus (Möller, 1842) 
Margarita harrisoni Hancock, 1846
Margarites grosvenori Dall, 1926

Details


Turbo olivaceus Brown, 1827, pl. 46, fig. 30-31
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Greenock
Range: 82°N to 42.3°N; 119°W to 0°W
Depth: 0 to 385 m (live 0 to 385 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 11 mm
Distribution: Greenland: North Greenland, West Greenland, East Greenland; Canada: Nunavut, Queen Elizabeth Islands, Baffin Island, Hudson Bay, Labrador, Gulf of St. Lawrence, Quebec; USA: Maine, Massachusetts
References: Procter (1933) S; Thorson (1944) L; Macpherson (1971) d{L}lEWM; Schiötte (1989) N
Combining Genera:  Eumargarita Solariella

Margarita glauca Möller, 1842a, p. 81
[Synonym]
Type Locality: [West] Greenland
Range: 79.42°N ; 65°W
Depth: 27 to 109 m
Maximum Reported Size: 5.6 mm
Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland
References: Möller (1842a) M; E. A. Smith (1877b) dNSEW; Macpherson (1971) s; Schiötte & Warén (1992) D{d}s
Combining Genera:  Trochus

Margarites grosvenori Dall, 1926, p. 59
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Etah, Greenland
Range: 78°N ; 73°W
Depth: 55 m
Maximum Reported Size: 9 mm
Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland
References: Dall (1926) DdNSEWM; Macpherson (1971) s

Margarita harrisoni Hancock, 1846, 
[Synonym]
References: E. A. Smith (1877b) s of glauca; Macpherson (1971) s


Partial List of References

Brown, T. 1827. Illustrations of the Conchology of Great Britain and Ireland  [vi] + v, 52 pls. W. H. Lizars, D. Lizars and S. Highley: London. [True date: post 25 Nov.]
Dall, W. H. 1926. A new Margarites from Greenland Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 39 59. [Stated date: 30 Jul 1926.]
Möller, H. P. C. 1842. Index molluscorum Groenlandiae Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift 4 76-97.

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