Oliva caroliniana

Oliva caroliniana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Olividae
Genus: Oliva
Species:
O. caroliniana
Binomial name
Oliva caroliniana
Duclos, 1835[1]
Synonyms[2]

Oliva scitula Marratt, 1870

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

Description

Distribution

This marine species occurs in Micronesia off the Caroline Islands.

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b Oliva caroliniana Duclos, 1835. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.


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