Oliva nivosa

Oliva nivosa
	Shell of Oliva nivosa (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Olivoidea
Family:	Olividae
Genus:	Oliva
Species:	O. nivosa
Binomial name
	Oliva nivosa; Marrat, 1871
Synonyms
	Americoliva nivosa (Marrat, 1871); Oliva (Americoliva) nivosa Marrat, 1871· accepted, alternate representation;

Oliva nivosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off French Guiana.

Hunon C., Hoarau A. & Robin A. (2009) Olividae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) Revue exhaustive des espèces récentes du genre Oliva / A complete survey of Recent species of the genus Oliva. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 253 pp
Paulmier G. , 2014. -La famille des Olividae Latreille, 1825 (Neogastropoda). Le genre Oliva Bruguière, 1789, aux Antilles et en Guyane françaises. Description de Oliva lilacea nov. sp. Bulletin de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux 41(4) "2013": 437–454, sér. 148, nouvelle série

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