Oliva pica

Oliva pica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Olividae
Genus:	Oliva
Species:	O. pica
Binomial name
Oliva pica Duclos, 1840 [1]
Synonyms [2]
Oliva (Miniaceoliva) pica Lamarck, 1811 Oliva mascarenaTursch & Greifeneder, 1996

Oliva pica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives. ^{[2] [3]}

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Mauritius and the Seychelles.

References

1. Duclos P.L. (1840). The "Oliva minacae complex", with the description of a familiar, unnamed species. Apex 11 (1) pp. 1–49.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
2. Oliva pica Duclos, 1840 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 28 April 2010.
3. "AnimalBase :: Oliva pica species homepage". www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de. Retrieved 22 September 2018.

• Sargent D.M. & Petuch E.J. (2012) A new species of Oliva (Gastropoda: Olividae) from Mauritius, Mascarene Islands. Visaya 3(5): 4–10.