Oliva bulbiformis

Oliva bulbiformis
A shell of Oliva bulbiformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Olivoidea
Family: Olividae
Genus: Oliva
Species: O. bulbiformis
Binomial name
Oliva bulbiformis
Duclos, 1840[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Oliva clara Marrat, 1871
  • Oliva laevis Marrat, 1871
  • Oliva similis Marrat, 1867
  • Oliva (Oliva) calosoma Duclos, P.L., 1840
  • Oliva (Oliva) funebralis Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1811
  • Oliva (Oliva) leucostoma Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1811
  • Oliva (Carmione) bulbiformis Duclos, 1840

Oliva bulbiformis, common name the black-tinted olive, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.[2]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 21 mm and 45 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Bay of Bengal the Philippines and the Solomons.

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. 1 2 Oliva bulbiformis Duclos, 1840.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 November 2012.
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