Oliva pica
| Oliva pica | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Olivoidea |
| Family: | Olividae |
| Genus: | Oliva |
| Species: | O. pica |
| Binomial name | |
| Oliva pica Duclos, 1840[1] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Oliva pica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.[2]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Mauritius and the Seychelles.
References
- ↑ Duclos P.L. (1840). The "Oliva minacae complex", with the description of a familiar, unnamed species. Apex 11 (1) Page 1-49.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
- 1 2 Oliva pica Duclos, 1840. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
- Sargent D.M. & Petuch E.J. (2012) A new species of Oliva (Gastropoda: Olividae) from Mauritius, Mascarene Islands. Visaya 3(5): 4-10.
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