Oliva pacifica
Oliva pacifica | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Olivoidea |
Family: | Olividae |
Genus: | Oliva |
Species: | O. pacifica |
Binomial name | |
Oliva pacifica Marrat, 1870[1] | |
Synonyms[2] | |
Oliva arctata Marrat, 1870 |
Oliva pacifica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.[2]
Description
Its shell is long and roughly cylindrical in shape and is 30 – 63 mm long, with a narrow slit running along the length of it. [3]
Distribution
Oliva pacifica is mainly found in western Thailand [3]
References
- ↑ Marrat (1870). Thesaurus Conchyliorum Vol. 4.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
- 1 2 Oliva pacifica Marrat, 1870. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
- 1 2 {{cite web date=24/9/2013 title=Oliva (Arctoliva) pacifica url=http://www.gastropods.com/3/Shell_9243.shtml}}
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