Oliva peruviana
| Oliva peruviana | |
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| Apertural view of a shell of Oliva peruviana fulgurata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Olivoidea |
| Family: | Olividae |
| Genus: | Oliva |
| Species: | O. peruviana |
| Binomial name | |
| Oliva peruviana Lamarck, 1811[1] | |
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Oliva peruviana, common name the Peruvian 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 27 mm and 55 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Peru to Southern Chile (not in the Galapagos Islands)
References
- ↑ Lamarck J.-B. (1811). October/November. Keppel Bay Tidings 3.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
- ↑ Oliva peruviana Lamarck, 1811. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 November 2012.
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