Oliva spicata, common name the veined olive, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.[1]

Oliva spicata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Olividae
Genus: Oliva
Species:
O. spicata
Binomial name
Oliva spicata
(Röding, 1798)
Synonyms
  • Oliva araneosa Lamarck, 1811
  • Oliva brunnea Marrat, 1871
  • Oliva cumingii Reeve, 1850
  • Oliva fuscata Marrat, 1870
  • Oliva intertincta Carpenter, 1857
  • Oliva ionopsis Berry, 1969
  • Oliva ligneola Reeve, 1850
  • Oliva melchersi Menke, 1851
  • Oliva oniska Duclos, 1844
  • Oliva punctata Marrat, 1871
  • Oliva rejecta J. Q. Burch & R. L. Burch, 1962
  • Oliva spicata spicata (Röding, 1798)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Oliva spicata var. hemphilli Ford in Johnson, 1915
  • Oliva spicata var. perfecta Johnson, 1911
  • Oliva subangulata corteziana Petuch & Sargent, 1986
  • Porphyria arachnoidea Röding, 1798
  • Porphyria spicata Röding, 1798 (original combination)
Subspecies and varieties
  • Oliva spicata deynzerae Petuch & Sargent, 1986: synonym of Americoliva deynzerae (Petuch & Sargent, 1986): synonym of Oliva deynzerae Petuch & Sargent, 1986 (basionym)
  • Oliva spicata var. hemphilli Ford in Johnson, 1915: synonym of Oliva spicata spicata (Röding, 1798) represented as Oliva spicata (Röding, 1798)
  • Oliva spicata var. perfecta Johnson, 1911: synonym of Oliva spicata spicata (Röding, 1798) represented as Oliva spicata (Röding, 1798)

Description

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var. violacea

The length of the shell varies between 25 mm and 85 mm

Distribution

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This marine species occurs between the Gulf of California and Peru.

References

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  1. ^ Oliva spicata (Röding, 1798). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
  • Duclos P.L. (1844-1848). Oliva. In J.C. Chenu, Illustrations conchyliologiques ou description et figures de toutes les coquilles connues vivantes et fossiles, classées suivant le système de Lamarck modifié d'après les progrès de la science et comprenant les genres nouveaux et les espèces récemment découvertes: 5-28
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