Oliva oliva

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Oliva oliva
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Shell specimens of Oliva oliva at the Naturalis Biodiversity Center, showing variations in color and pattern
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Olividae
Genus: Oliva
Species:
O. oliva
Binomial name
Oliva oliva
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
  • Oliva broderipiiDucros de Saint Germain, 1857
  • Oliva candidaLamarck, 1811
  • Oliva fenestrataJohnson, 1915
  • Oliva flaveolaDuclos, 1835
  • Oliva oliva oliva (Linnaeus, 1758)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Oliva olorinellaDuclos, 1835
  • Oliva pygmaeaReeve, 1850
  • Oliva reticularis olorinellaDuclos, 1835
  • Oliva stelletaDuclos, 1835
  • Oliva variabilisGray, 1858
  • Porphyria micaRöding, 1798
  • Porphyria ornataRöding, 1798
  • Porphyria punctataRöding, 1798
  • Porphyria umbrosaRöding, 1798
  • Voluta aureaMartini, 1773
  • Voluta olivaLinnaeus, 1758 (original combination)

Oliva oliva is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc of the family Olividae, the olive snails. [1]

Contents

This is the type species of the genus Oliva.

Subspecies
Oliva oliva longispiraBridgman, 1906

Description

The length of the shell varies between 19 mm and 46 mm. The shells are generally fusiform and color is highly variable. Shell colors include white, yellow, orange, cream, white, brown and black. Patterns are variable as well. Zig-zags, triangles, spots, and other small shapes will appear on shells in borwn and black colors. [2]

Distribution

This marine species has a wide distribution and occurs from Southeast India into the Pacific.

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References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Oliva oliva (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208396 on 2021-10-31
  2. Petuch & Sargent, Dennis & Edward (1986). Atlas of the Living Olive Shells of the World (1st ed.). Fort Lauderdale, Florida: The Coastal Education & Research Foundation, Inc. p. 107. ISBN   0-938415-00-X.