Oliva oliva

Oliva oliva is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc of the family Olividae, the olive snails.

Oliva oliva
Shell specimens of Oliva oliva at the Naturalis Biodiversity Center, showing variations in color and pattern
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Olividae
Genus:	Oliva
Species:	O. oliva
Binomial name
Oliva oliva (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Oliva broderipii Ducros de Saint Germain, 1857 Oliva candida Lamarck, 1811 Oliva fenestrata Johnson, 1915 Oliva flaveola Duclos, 1835 Oliva oliva oliva (Linnaeus, 1758)· accepted, alternate representation Oliva olorinella Duclos, 1835 Oliva pygmaea Reeve, 1850 Oliva reticularis olorinella Duclos, 1835 Oliva stelleta Duclos, 1835 Oliva variabilis Gray, 1858 Porphyria mica Röding, 1798 Porphyria ornata Röding, 1798 Porphyria punctata Röding, 1798 Porphyria umbrosa Röding, 1798 Voluta aurea Martini, 1773 Voluta oliva Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination)

This is the type species of the genus Oliva.

Subspecies

Oliva oliva longispira Bridgman, 1906

Description

The length of the shell varies between 19 mm and 46 mm.

Distribution

This marine species has a wide distribution and occurs from Southeast India into the Pacific

References

• Orr J. (1985). Hong Kong seashells. The Urban Council, Hong Kong
• Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
• Steyn, D.G & Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore Shells of Southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 Gastropods. Published by the authors. Pp. i–vi, 1–289

External links

• Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae
• Röding, P.F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg. viii, 199 pp
• Duclos, P. L. (1835-1840). Histoire naturelle générale et particulière de tous les genres de coquilles univalves marines a l'état vivant et fossile publiée par monographie. Genre Olive. Paris: Institut de France. 33 plates: pls 1-12
• Reeve, L. A. (1850). Monograph of the genus Oliva. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 6, pl. 1-30 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London
• Ducros de Saint Germain A. M. P. (1857). Revue critique du genre Oliva de Bruguières. 120 pp.