Oliva caroliniana

Oliva caroliniana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Olivoidea
Family: Olividae
Genus: Oliva
Species: O. caroliniana
Binomial name
Oliva caroliniana
Duclos, 1835[1]
Synonyms[2]

Oliva scitula Marratt, 1870

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

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