Oliva rubrolabiata

Oliva rubrolabiata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Olivoidea
Family: Olividae
Genus: Oliva
Species: O. rubrolabiata
Binomial name
Oliva rubrolabiata
Fischer, 1903

Oliva rubrolabiata , common name the red-lip olive, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 35 mm and 47 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the New Hebrides and New Caledonia.

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2015). Oliva rubrolabiata. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=448148 on 2016-09-07


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