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Oliva reticulata

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Oliva reticulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Olivoidea
Family:
Olividae
Genus:
Oliva
Species:
O. reticulata
Binomial name
Oliva reticulata
(Röding, 1798)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Oliva sanguinolenta Lamarck, 1810
  • Oliva (Viduoliva) reticulata (Röding, 1798)

Oliva reticulata, common name the blood 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 32 mm and 50 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar and in the Pacific Ocean off New Caledonia.

References

  1. ^ Röding P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus Cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Fried. Bolten M. D. p. d. pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia et multivalvia.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
  2. ^ a b Oliva reticulata (Röding, 1798). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 November 2012.


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