Oliva tessellata

Oliva tessellata, common name the tessellate olive, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.[2]

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
Synonyms
  • Oliva tesselata (misspelling)
  • Oliva (Neocylindrus) guttata Fischer von Waldheim, G., 1807
  • Oliva (Neocylindrus) tessellata Lamarck, 1811

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
  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 tessellata Lamarck, 1811. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 November 2012.
  • "Oliva (Neocylindrus) tessellata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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