Oliva oliva
| Oliva oliva | |
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| Dorsal view of a shell of Oliva oliva | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Olivoidea |
| Family: | Olividae |
| Subfamily: | Olivinae |
| Genus: | Oliva |
| Subgenus: | Oliva |
| Species: | O. oliva |
| Binomial name | |
| Oliva oliva (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
Oliva oliva is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc of the family Olividae, the olive snails.
This is the type species of the genus Oliva.
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