Oliva sidelia
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Olividae |
| Genus: | Oliva |
| Species: | O. sidelia
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| Oliva sidelia Duclos, 1840[1]
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Oliva sidelia, common name the pretty olive, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.[2]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell varies between 14 mm and 23 mm
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs in the Bay of Bengal; off Philippines, New Guinea and Fiji.
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ Oliva sidelia Duclos, 1840. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
- Kilburn, R.N. (1980). The genus Oliva (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Olividae) in southern Africa and Mozambique. Annals of the Natal Museum. 24(1): 221–231. page(s): 224.; note: Material discussed - Oliva todosina
- Vervaet F.L.J. (2018). The living Olividae species as described by Pierre-Louis Duclos. Vita Malacologica. 17: 1-111
External links
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- Marrat, F. P. 1867. On some new species of Oliva, and a new Trivia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (3)20: 213-215
- MNHN, Paris: syntype