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Oliva athenia

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Oliva athenia
Shell of Oliva athenia (paralectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Olividae
Genus: Oliva
Species:
O. athenia
Binomial name
Oliva athenia
Duclos, 1840[1]

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

Description

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Distribution

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This species occurs in the China seas.

References

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  • Vervaet F.L.J. (2018). The living Olividae species as described by Pierre-Louis Duclos. Vita Malacologica. 17: 1-111
  • Tursch, B. & Greifeneder, D., 2001 - Oliva shells. The genus Oliva and the species problem, p. 569 pp