Oliva reticularis

Americoliva reticularis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Olivoidea
Family:	Olividae
Genus:	Americoliva
Species:	A. reticularis
Binomial name
Americoliva reticularis (Lamarck, 1811)
Subspecies
Oliva reticularis lilacea (Paulmier, 2013)
Synonyms
Oliva antillensis Petuch & Sargent, 1986 Oliva finlayi Petuch & Sargent, 1986 Oliva formosa Marrat, 1870 Oliva reticularis Lamarck, 1811 Oliva (Oliva) vermiculata Gray, J.E., 1858 Oliva (Strephona) antillensis Petuch, E.J. & D.M. Sargent, 1986 Oliva (Strephona) bahamasensis Petuch, E.J. & D.M. Sargent, 1986 Oliva (Strephona) finlayi Petuch, E.J. & D.M. Sargent, 1986 Oliva (Strephona) reticularis Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1811

Americoliva reticularis, common name the netted olive, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives. The length of the shell varies between 25 mm and 46 mm. This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and in the Atlantic Ocean off the Bermudas and northern Brazil.

References

• Petuch E.J. & Sargent D.M. (1986). Atlas of the living olive shells of the world. xv + 253 pp., 39 pls. page(s): Page 129, Plate 22, fig 5-7
• Petuch, E. J.; Myers, R. F. (2014). New species and subspecies of olive shells (Gastropoda: Olividae) from the Panamic and Indo-Pacific regions and the Gulf of Mexico. The Festivus. 46(3): 63-74

External links

• Lamarck [J.B.M.de]. (1811). Suite de la détermination des espèces de Mollusques testacés. Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. 16: 300-328
• Gastropods.com: Oliva (Strephona) reticularis
• Petuch E.J. (1990). A new molluscan faunule from the Caribbean coast of Panama. The Nautilus. 104(2): 57-71