Oliva tricolor

Oliva tricolor
Oliva tricolor philantha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Olivoidea
Family: Olividae
Genus: Oliva
Species: O. tricolor
Binomial name
Oliva tricolor
Lamarck, 1811[1]
Synonyms
  • Oliva (Oliva) guttula Marrat, F.P., 1871
  • Oliva (Oliva) tringa Duclos, P.L., 1840
  • Oliva (Viduoliva) tricolor Lamarck, 1811

Oliva tricolor, common name the tricolour olive, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.[2]

Description

The length of the shell is between 38 mm and 63 mm.

Distribution

O. tricolor is endemic to the Indian Ocean, the West Pacific and the South China Sea.[3]

References

  1. Lamarck J.-B. (1811). Détermination des espéces de Mollusques testacés. Ann. Mus. Nat. Paris, vol. 16. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
  2. Oliva tricolor Lamarck, 1811.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 November 2012.
  3. Oliver, A.P.H. (2004). Guide to Seashells of the World. Buffalo: Firefly Books. 207.
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