Oliva vidua

Oliva vidua
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Olivoidea
Family: Olividae
Genus: Oliva
Species: O. vidua
Binomial name
Oliva vidua
(Röding, 1798)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Oliva cinnamonea Mencke, 1830
  • Oliva fulminans Lamarck, 1811
  • Oliva fusca Perry, G., 1811
  • Oliva macleaya Duclos, 1840
  • Oliva sepulturalis Lamarck, 1811
  • Oliva (Oliva) angustata Marrat, F.P., 1868
  • Oliva (Oliva) fabrei Ducros De St.Germain, A.M.P., 1857
  • Oliva (Oliva) grata Marrat, F.P., 1871
  • Oliva (Oliva) maura Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1811
  • Oliva (Oliva) mauritiana Marrat, F.P., 1871
  • Oliva (Viduoliva) vidua (Röding, 1798)

Oliva vidua, common name the black 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 28 mm and 70 mm.

Distribution

O. vidua is endemic to the tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean.,[3] occurring of the Mascarene Basin, the Philippines, Indonesia and New Guinea.

References

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