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Oliva mantichora

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Oliva mantichora
Five views of a shell of Oliva mantichora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Olivoidea
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 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]

Description

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

Distribution

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

References

  1. ^ Duclos, P.L. (1840) Histoire Naturelle Génerale et Particuliere de Tous les Genres de Coquilles Univalves Marines a l’état Vivant et Fossile, Publiée par Monographies, Genre Columbella. Didot, Paris, 1 p., 13 pls.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
  2. ^ a b Oliva mantichora Duclos, 1840. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 November 2012.
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