Oliva flammulata

Oliva flammulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Olivoidea
Family: Olividae
Genus: Oliva
Species: O. flammulata
Binomial name
Oliva flammulata
Lamarck, 1811
Synonyms
  • Oliva (Oliva) aniomina Duclos, P.L., 1835
  • Oliva (Oliva) marmorea Marrat, F.P., 1871
  • Oliva (Oliva) siamensis Duclos, P.L., 1844
  • Oliva (Strephona) dolicha Locard, 1897

Oliva flammulata, common name the flame olive, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.[1]

Subspecies

Description

The length of the shell varies between 22 mm and 43 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Cape Verdes, Mauritania and Angola.

References

  1. Oliva flammulata Lamarck, 1811.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 November 2012.

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