Zierliana oleacea
| Zierliana oleacea | |
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| Zierliana oleacea | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Costellariidae |
| Genus: | Zierliana |
| Species: | Z. oleacea |
| Binomial name | |
| Zierliana oleacea (Reeve, 1844) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Zierliana oleacea is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]
Description
The shell size varies between 20 mm and 35 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along the Aldabra Atoll; in the Pacific Ocean along the Philippines, Eastern Australia and Tahiti.
References
- 1 2 Zierliana oleacea (Reeve, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 December 2010.
- Taylor, J.D. (1973). Provisional list of the mollusca of Aldabra Atoll.
- Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp.
- Turner H. 2001. Katalog der Familie Costellariidae Macdonald, 1860. Conchbooks. 1-100 page(s): 48
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