Oliva hilli

Oliva hilli
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Olividae
Genus: Oliva
Species:
O. hilli
Binomial name
Oliva hilli
Petuch & Sargent, 1986[1]

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

Description

Shell size 10-15 mm, generally: the holotype is 16 mm. long.

Distribution

Locus typicus: Neiafu, Vava'u Islands, Tonga.

Pacific Ocean: Tonga and New Caledonia, from depths 2 metres - 80 metres.

References

  1. ^ Petuch E.J. & Sargent D.M. (1986). Atlas of the living olive shells of the world. xv + 253 pp., 39 pls.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
  2. ^ Oliva hilli Petuch & Sargent, 1986. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.


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