Oliva spicata

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Oliva spicata
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Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Olividae
Genus: Oliva
Species:
O. spicata
Binomial name
Oliva spicata
(Röding, 1798)
Synonyms
  • Oliva araneosaLamarck, 1811
  • Oliva brunneaMarrat, 1871
  • Oliva cumingiiReeve, 1850
  • Oliva fuscataMarrat, 1870
  • Oliva intertinctaCarpenter, 1857
  • Oliva ionopsisBerry, 1969
  • Oliva ligneolaReeve, 1850
  • Oliva melchersiMenke, 1851
  • Oliva oniskaDuclos, 1844
  • Oliva punctataMarrat, 1871
  • Oliva rejectaJ. Q. Burch & R. L. Burch, 1962
  • Oliva spicata spicata(Röding, 1798)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Oliva spicata var. hemphilliFord in Johnson, 1915
  • Oliva spicata var. perfectaJohnson, 1911
  • Oliva subangulata cortezianaPetuch & Sargent, 1986
  • Porphyria arachnoideaRöding, 1798
  • Porphyria spicataRöding, 1798 (original combination)

Oliva spicata, common name the veined olive, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives. [1]

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Subspecies and varieties

Description

var. violacea Oliva spicata 01.jpg
var. violacea

The length of the shell varies between 25 mm and 85 mm

Distribution

This marine species occurs between the Gulf of California and Peru.

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<i>Oliva oliva</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Oliva australis</i> Species of gastropod

Oliva australis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.

<i>Oliva barbadensis</i> Species of gastropod

Oliva barbadensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.

<i>Oliva miniacea</i> Species of gastropod

Oliva miniacea, common name the Pacific common olive, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.

<i>Oliva polpasta</i> Species of gastropod

Oliva polpasta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Olividae, the olives.

<i>Oliva reticularis</i> Species of gastropod

Oliva reticularis, common name the netted olive, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.

<i>Oliva reticulata</i> Species of gastropod

Oliva reticulata, common name the blood olive, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.

<i>Oliva sericea</i> Species of gastropod

Oliva sericea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.

<i>Oliva todosina</i> Species of gastropod

Oliva todosina, common name the pretty olive, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.

<i>Oliva undatella</i> Species of gastropod

Oliva undatella is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.

<i>Oliva vidua</i> Species of gastropod

Oliva vidua, common name the black olive, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.

<i>Olivella minuta</i> Species of gastropod

Olivella minuta, common name the minute dwarf olive, is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the subfamily Olivellinae, in the family Olividae, the olives. Species in the genus Olivella are commonly called dwarf olives.

<i>Morum</i> Genus of gastropods

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Olivinae is a subfamily of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Olividae, the olives.

References

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