Oliva australis
Oliva australis | |
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Shell of Oliva australis | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Olividae |
Genus: | Oliva |
Species: | O. australis |
Binomial name | |
Oliva australis Duclos, 1835[1] | |
Synonyms | |
Oliva (Acutoliva) australis Duclos, 1835· accepted, alternate representation |
Oliva australis (also known as the Southern olive or Olive shell[2]) is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.[3]
- Subspecies
- Oliva australis australis Duclos, 1835
- Oliva australis pallescens Petuch & Sargent, 1986
Description
[edit]This species has a shiny pale elongated shell that is usually decorated by purple zigzag longitudinal lines and altering brown and white markings around the top of the whorls. They can be 3 centimeters in length.[4]
Distribution
[edit]This marine species was found in the Atlantic Ocean off the islands Saint Pierre and Miquelon.
References
[edit]- ^ Duclos, P.L. (1840) Histoire Naturelle Génerale et Particuliere de Tous les Genres de Coquilles Univalves Marines a l’état Vivant et Fossile, Publiée par Monographies, Genre Columbella. Didot, Paris, 1 p., 13 pls.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
- ^ Australia, Atlas of Living. "Species: Oliva australis (Olive Shell)". bie.ala.org.au. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
- ^ Oliva australis Duclos, 1835. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
- ^ "Oliva australis". Reef Life Survey | Reef Species of the World. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
- Vervaet F.L.J. (2018). The living Olividae species as described by Pierre-Louis Duclos. Vita Malacologica. 17: 1-111
External links
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