Oliva tessellata
| Oliva tessellata | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Olivoidea |
| Family: | Olividae |
| Genus: | Oliva |
| Species: | O. tessellata |
| Binomial name | |
| Oliva tessellata Lamarck, 1811[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Oliva tessellata, common name the tessellate 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 15 mm and 60 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Eastern Indian Ocean and off Taiwan, New Caledonia and Eastern Australia.
References
- ↑ Lamarck J.-B. (1811). Détermination des espéces de Mollusques testacés. Ann. Mus. Nat. Paris, vol. 16. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
- ↑ Oliva tessellata Lamarck, 1811. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 November 2012.
External links
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