Oliva athenia

Oliva athenia
Shell of Oliva athenia (paralectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Olividae
Genus:	Oliva
Species:	O. athenia
Binomial name
Oliva athenia Duclos, 1840 [1]

Oliva athenia is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives. ^[2] It was first described by Pierre-Louis Duclos in 1840 and is currently recognized in the World Register of Marine Species as a valid species. ^[3] Like other members of the family Olividae, it is characterized by a smooth, glossy, elongated shell and a burrowing predatory lifestyle in sandy marine habitats. ^[4]

Distribution

This species occurs in the China seas.

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 athenia Duclos, 1840 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 28 April 2010.
3. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Oliva athenia Duclos, 1840". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
4. "Family Details for Cylisticidae -". www.sealifebase.ca. Retrieved 9 September 2025.

• Vervaet F.L.J. (2018). The living Olividae species as described by Pierre-Louis Duclos. Vita Malacologica. 17: 1-111
• Tursch, B. & Greifeneder, D., 2001 - Oliva shells. The genus Oliva and the species problem, p. 569 pp