Oliva vidua

Oliva vidua
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Olivoidea
Family: Olividae
Genus: Oliva
Species: O. vidua
Binomial name
Oliva vidua
(Röding, 1798)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Oliva cinnamonea Mencke, 1830
  • Oliva fulminans Lamarck, 1811
  • Oliva fusca Perry, G., 1811
  • Oliva macleaya Duclos, 1840
  • Oliva sepulturalis Lamarck, 1811
  • Oliva (Oliva) angustata Marrat, F.P., 1868
  • Oliva (Oliva) fabrei Ducros De St.Germain, A.M.P., 1857
  • Oliva (Oliva) grata Marrat, F.P., 1871
  • Oliva (Oliva) maura Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1811
  • Oliva (Oliva) mauritiana Marrat, F.P., 1871
  • Oliva (Viduoliva) vidua (Röding, 1798)

Oliva vidua, common name the black 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 28 mm and 70 mm.

Distribution

O. vidua is endemic to the tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean.,[3] occurring of the Mascarene Basin, the Philippines, Indonesia and New Guinea.

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. 1 2 Oliva vidua (Röding, 1798).  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. 208.
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