Oliva pacifica

Oliva pacifica
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 zeigleri da Motta, 1981

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

  1. Marrat (1870). Thesaurus Conchyliorum Vol. 4.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
  2. 1 2 Oliva pacifica Marrat, 1870.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
  3. 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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