Oliva mantichora
| Oliva mantichora | |
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| Five views of a shell of Oliva mantichora | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Olivoidea |
| Family: | Olividae |
| Genus: | Oliva |
| Species: | O. mantichora |
| Binomial name | |
| Oliva mantichora Duclos, 1840[1] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Oliva mantichora, common name the amethyst 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 25 mm and 53 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Western Indian Ocean to Japan and New Guinea.
References
- ↑ Duclos, P.L. (1840) Histoire Naturelle Génerale et Particuliere de Tous les Genres de Coquilles Univalves Marines a l’état Vivant et Fossile, Publiée par Monographies, Genre Columbella. Didot, Paris, 1 p., 13 pls.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
- 1 2 Oliva mantichora Duclos, 1840. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 November 2012.
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