Oliva reticulata
| Oliva reticulata | |
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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. reticulata |
| Binomial name | |
| Oliva reticulata (Röding, 1798)[1] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Oliva reticulata, common name the blood 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 32 mm and 50 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar and in the Pacific Ocean off New Caledonia.
References
- ↑ Röding P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus Cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Fried. Bolten M. D. p. d. pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia et multivalvia.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
- 1 2 Oliva reticulata (Röding, 1798). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 November 2012.
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