Oliva sidelia

Oliva sidelia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Olividae
Genus:	Oliva
Species:	O. sidelia
Binomial name
Oliva sidelia Duclos, 1840 [1]
Synonyms
Oliva fabaMarrat, 1867 Oliva (Galeola) sideliaDuclos, 1840

Oliva sidelia, common name the pretty olive, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives or olive snails. ^[2]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 14 mm and 23 mm

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Bay of Bengal; off Philippines, New Guinea and Fiji.

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 sidelia Duclos, 1840 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 28 April 2010.

• Kilburn, R.N. (1980). The genus Oliva (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Olividae) in southern Africa and Mozambique. Annals of the Natal Museum. 24(1): 221–231. page(s): 224.; note: Material discussed - Oliva todosina
• Vervaet F.L.J. (2018). The living Olividae species as described by Pierre-Louis Duclos. Vita Malacologica. 17: 1-111

External links

• Marrat, F. P. 1867. On some new species of Oliva, and a new Trivia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (3)20: 213-215
• MNHN, Paris: syntype