Oliva faba

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

Oliva faba
Oliva faba
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Olivoidea
Family:
Olividae
Genus:
Oliva
Species:
O. faba
Binomial name
Oliva faba
Marrat, 1867[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Oliva (Oliva) vanuatuensis Petuch, E.J. & D.M. Sargent, 1986
  • Oliva (Proxoliva) faba Marrat, 1867
  • Oliva smithi Bridgman, 1906

Description

The length of the shell varies between 15 mm and 23 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Vanuatu

References
  1. Marrat, F. P. 1867. On some new species of Oliva, and a new Trivia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (3)20: 213–215.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
  2. Oliva faba Marrat, 1867. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 November 2012.
  • "Oliva (Proxoliva) faba". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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