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Oliva mantichora

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Oliva mantichora
Five views of a shell of Oliva mantichora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Olividae
Genus: Oliva
Species:
O. mantichora
Binomial name
Oliva mantichora
Duclos, 1840[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Oliva (Annulatoliva) annulata annulata mantichora Duclos, P.L., 1840
  • Oliva emicator Marrat, 1871
  • Oliva intricata Dautzenberg, 1927

Oliva mantichora, common name the amethyst olive, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.[2]

Subspecies
  • Oliva mantichora intricata Dautzenberg, 1927
  • Oliva mantichora mantichora Duclos, 1840

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 25 mm and 53 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the Western Indian Ocean to Japan and New Guinea.

References

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  • Steyn, D.G & Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore Shells of Southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 Gastropods. Published by the authors. Pp. i–vi, 1–289
  • Tursch B., Germain L. & Greifeneder D. (1986). Studies on Olividae. IV. Oliva annulata Gmelin, 1791 (of authors): a confusion of species. Indo-Malayan Zoology. 3: 189-216.
  • Vervaet F.L.J. (2018). The living Olividae species as described by Pierre-Louis Duclos. Vita Malacologica. 17: 1-111
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