Oliva caerulea

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Oliva caerulea
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Olividae
Genus: Oliva
Species:
O. caerulea
Binomial name
Oliva caerulea
(Röding, 1798)
Synonyms [1]

Oliva episcopalisLamarck, 1810

Oliva caerulea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Oliva caerulea (Röding, 1798) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 28 April 2010.