Oliva amethystina

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Oliva amethystina
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Shell of Oliva amethystina (speicmen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Olividae
Genus: Oliva
Species:
O. amethystina
Binomial name
Oliva amethystina
(Röding, 1798) [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Oliva annulataGmelin, 1791 (nomen dubium)
  • Oliva emicator var. carnicolorDautzenberg, 1927
  • Oliva emicator var. nebulosaDautzenberg, 1927
  • Porphyria amethystinaRöding, 1798 (original combination)
  • Porphyria aurataLink, 1807

Oliva amethystina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives. [2]

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Subspecies

Description

Shell size 35 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Philippines, Papua New Guinea, and off Queensland, Australia.

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