Oliva atalina

Oliva atalina
Shell of Oliva atalina (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Olividae
Genus:	Oliva
Species:	O. atalina
Binomial name
Oliva atalina Duclos, 1835 [1]
Synonyms [2]
Oliva (Miniaceoliva) atalinaDuclos, 1835 Oliva quersolinaDuclos, 1835

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

Description

Shell size 40-45 mm.

Distribution

Indian Ocean: endemic to Mauritius, and in the seas around China and Japan.

References

1. Duclos, P.L. (1840) Histoire Naturelle Génerale et Particuliere de Tous les Genres de Coquilles Univalves Marines a l’état Vivant et Fossile, Publiée par Monographies, Genre Columbella. Didot, Paris, 1 p., 13 pls.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
2. Oliva atalina Duclos, 1835 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 5 April 2012.

• Sargent D.M. & Petuch E.J. (2012) A new species of Oliva (Gastropoda: Olividae) from Mauritius, Mascarene Islands. Visaya 3(5): 4–10.
• Vervaet F.L.J. (2018). The living Olividae species as described by Pierre-Louis Duclos. Vita Malacologica. 17: 1-111.

External links

• Duclos, P. L. (1835-1840). Histoire naturelle générale et particulière de tous les genres de coquilles univalves marines a l'état vivant et fossile publiée par monographie. Genre Olive. Paris: Institut de France. 33 plates: pls 1-12