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Olive topsnail

Margarites olivaceus (T. Brown, 1827)

Status not recordedsnails and slugs

The olive topsnail (Margarites olivaceus) is a species in the family Margaritesidae, order Trochida.

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Quick facts about the olive topsnail

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the olive topsnail live?

Not recorded

Is the olive topsnail endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the olive topsnail classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. orderTrochida
  5. familyMargaritesidae
  6. genusMargarites
  7. SpeciesMargarites olivaceus (T. Brown, 1827)

Synonyms Eumargarita olivacea, Margarita argentata, Margarita frielei, Margarita glauca, Margarita harrisoni, Margarita olivacea, Margarites argentatus, Margarites grosvenori, Margarites harrisoni, Margarites olivacea, Margaritopsis frielei, Solariella olivacea, Trochus argentatus, Trochus glaucus, Trochus olivaceus, Turbo olivaceus

Other names and names in other languages (4)
  • Eastern olive margariteEnglish
  • Olive margariteEnglish
  • Olive top shellEnglish
  • Oliven-KreiselschneckeGerman

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the olive topsnail

Other species in the same genus Margarites.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the olive topsnail?

The olive topsnail (Margarites olivaceus) belongs to the family Margaritesidae in the order Trochida.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Olive topsnail (Margarites olivaceus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/olive-topsnail

MLA

“Olive topsnail (Margarites olivaceus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/olive-topsnail.

BibTeX
@misc{olive_topsnail_2026,
  title = {Olive topsnail (Margarites olivaceus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/olive-topsnail},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}