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]
| Oliva australis | |
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| Shell of Oliva australis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Olividae |
| Genus: | Oliva |
| Species: | O. australis
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| Binomial name | |
| Oliva australis Duclos, 1835[1]
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| Synonyms | |
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Oliva (Acutoliva) australis Duclos, 1835· accepted, alternate representation | |
- 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 edit
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