Oliva elegans

Oliva elegans is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.[2]

Oliva elegans
Apertural view of a shell of Oliva elegans zigzag
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Olivoidea
Family:
Olividae
Genus:
Oliva
Species:
O. elegans
Binomial name
Oliva elegans
Synonyms

Oliva (Viduoliva) elegans Lamarck, 1811

Description

The length of the shell varies between 30 mm and 53 mm.

Distribution

O. elegans occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean off Mozambique and in the Western Pacific Ocean.[3]

References
  1. 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.
  2. Oliva elegans Lamarck, 1811. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 November 2012.
  3. Oliver, A.P.H. (2004). Guide to Seashells of the World. Buffalo: Firefly Books. 208.
  • "Oliva (Viduoliva) elegans". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.