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Species of gastropod
Oliva oliva
Shell specimens of Oliva oliva at the
Naturalis Biodiversity Center , showing variations in color and pattern
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Subclass:
Caenogastropoda
Order:
Neogastropoda
Family:
Olividae
Genus:
Oliva
Species:
O. oliva
Binomial name
Oliva oliva
Synonyms
Oliva broderipii Ducros de Saint Germain, 1857
Oliva candida Lamarck, 1811
Oliva fenestrata Johnson, 1915
Oliva flaveola Duclos, 1835
Oliva oliva oliva (Linnaeus, 1758) · accepted, alternate representation
Oliva olorinella Duclos, 1835
Oliva pygmaea Reeve, 1850
Oliva reticularis olorinella Duclos, 1835
Oliva stelleta Duclos, 1835
Oliva variabilis Gray, 1858
Porphyria mica Röding, 1798
Porphyria ornata Röding, 1798
Porphyria punctata Röding, 1798
Porphyria umbrosa Röding, 1798
Voluta aurea Martini, 1773
Voluta oliva Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination)
Oliva oliva is a
species of
sea snail , a
marine
gastropod
mollusc of the
family
Olividae , the olive snails.
[1]
This is the type species of the genus Oliva .
Subspecies
Oliva oliva longispira Bridgman, 1906
The length of the shell varies between 19 mm and 46 mm.
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This marine species has a wide distribution and occurs from Southeast
India into the
Pacific
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