Oliva spicata | |
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Scientific classification | |
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 | |
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Oliva spicata, common name the veined olive, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives. [1]
The length of the shell varies between 25 mm and 85 mm
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This marine species occurs between the Gulf of California and Peru.
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