Scabricola olivaeformis

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Scabricola olivaeformis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Scabricola
Species:
S. olivaeformis
Binomial name
Scabricola olivaeformis
(Swainson, 1821)
Synonyms [1]
  • Imbricaria olivaeformis(Swainson, 1821)
  • Mitra dactyloideaAnton, H.E., 1838
  • Mitra olivaeformisSwainson, 1821 (original combination)
  • Mitra olivellaeformisPilsbry, H.A., 1920
  • Scabricola (Swainsonia) olivaeformis(Swainson, 1821) ·
  • Swainsonia olivaeformis(Swainson, 1821)

Scabricola olivaeformis, common name the olive-shaped mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miter shells or miter snails. [2]

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Distribution

This species occurs in the Indo-Pacific off the Mascarene Basin and Réunion; in the Pacific Ocean off the Philippines, Hawaii, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Japan and Okinawa

Description

The length of the shell varies between 7 mm and 21 mm

References

  1. "Imbricaria olivaeformis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 11 December 2010.
  2. Scabricola olivaeformis (Swainson, 1821) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 14 December 2018.