Oliva multiplicata

Oliva multiplicata
Apertural view of a shell of Oliva multiplicata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Olivoidea
Family: Olividae
Genus: Oliva
Species: O. multiplicata
Binomial name
Oliva multiplicata
Reeve, 1850[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Oliva labuanensis Marrat, 1871
  • Oliva (Multiplicoliva) multiplicata Reeve, 1850

Oliva multiplicata, common name the many-plaited 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 27 mm and 49 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Taiwan and from Japan to Indonesia.

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