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Felicioliva kaleontina

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Felicioliva kaleontina
Live Felicioliva kaleontina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Olividae
Subfamily: Olivinae
Genus: Felicioliva
Species:
F. kaleontina
Binomial name
Felicioliva kaleontina
(Duclos, 1835)
Synonyms[1]
  • Oliva kaleontina Duclos, 1835
  • Vullietoliva kaleontina (Duclos, 1835)

Felicioliva kaleontina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Olividae, a family of what are commonly called the olive snails.[1]

Subspecies
  • Felicioliva kaleontina chimu Petuch & Berschauer, 2017
  • Felicioliva kaleontina kaleontina (Duclos, 1835)

Distribution

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The snail is found in the Gulf of California, West Mexico and North Peru.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Felicioliva kaleontina (Duclos, 1835). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1025981 on 2020-11-22
  2. ^ "Oliva (Strephona) kaleontina". Retrieved 10 September 2012.
  • Petuch E.J. & Berschauer D.P. (2017). A new genus and a new subspecies of olive shell (Olividae: Olivinae) from the eastern Pacific Ocean. The Festivus. 49(3): 224-228
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