Oliva baileyi

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Oliva baileyi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Olividae
Genus: Oliva
Species:
O. baileyi
Binomial name
Oliva baileyi
Petuch, 1979 [1]
Synonyms [2]

Oliva lenhilliPetuch & Sargent, 1986

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

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Description

Original description: "Highly polished, thickened, oblong, cylindrical; spire short, flattened, calloused, with incised suture; callus of last whorl produced at posterior end of aperture; aperture narrow, straight; columella with 12-16 low teeth; posterior end of columella without teeth; color bright yellow-tan crossed diagonally by widely separated brown bands that extend from shoulder to anterior tip; diagonal brown bands never coalescing; spire callus bright purple, contrasting greatly with yellow shell; columella and teeth white; interior of aperture lavender." [3]

Distribution

Locus typicus: "Russell Island, Solomon Islands." [4]

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References

  1. Petuch, Edward J (1979). "Twelve new Indo-Pacific gastropods". Nemouria . 23: 1–21.
  2. 1 2 Oliva baileyi Petuch, 1979 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 28 April 2010.
  3. Petuch, E.J. 1979-Twelve new Indo-Pacific gastropods, Nemouria Vol. 23, page 10.
  4. Petuch, E.J. 1979-Twelve new Indo-Pacific gastropods, Nemouria Vol. 23, page 10.