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Picoliva ryalli

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Picoliva ryalli
Shell of Plicoliva ryalli (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Volutidae
Genus: Picoliva
Species:
P. ryalli
Binomial name
Picoliva ryalli
Bouchet, 1989
Synonyms

Oliva (Plicoliva) Petuch, 1979

Picoliva ryalli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]

Description

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Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Ghana.

References

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  1. ^ Picoliva ryalli Bouchet, 1989. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  • Bouchet P. (1990). Systematics of Plicoliva, with description of a new subfamily (Gastropoda: Volutoidea). Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 120(1-3): 1-10