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Oliva vidua

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Oliva vidua
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Olividae
Genus: Oliva
Species:
O. vidua
Binomial name
Oliva vidua
(Röding, 1798)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Oliva cinnamonea Mencke, 1830
  • Oliva fabreii Ducros de Saint Germain, 1857
  • Oliva fulminans Lamarck, 1811
  • Oliva fusca Perry, G., 1811
  • Oliva grata Marrat, 1871
  • Oliva inornata Marrat, 1870
  • Oliva lutea Marrat, 1871
  • Oliva maura Lamarck, 1811
  • Oliva propinqua Marrat, 1870
  • Oliva sepulturalis Lamarck, 1811
  • Oliva (Oliva) angustata Marrat, F.P., 1868
  • Oliva (Oliva) fabrei Ducros De St.Germain, A.M.P., 1857
  • Oliva (Oliva) grata Marrat, F.P., 1871
  • Oliva (Oliva) maura Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1811
  • Oliva (Oliva) mauritiana Marrat, F.P., 1871
  • Oliva (Viduoliva) vidua (Röding, 1798)
  • Porphyria vidua Röding, 1798 (original combination)

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

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 28 mm and 70 mm.

This species was responsible for five fatal cases of neurotoxic food poisoning in Sabah, Malaysia.[3]

Distribution

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Oliva vidua is endemic to the tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean,[4] occurring in the Mascarene Basin, the Bay of Bengal, the Philippines, Indonesia, Australia and New Guinea.

References

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  • Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
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