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

Oliva tessellata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Olividae
Genus: Oliva
Species:
O. tessellata
Binomial name
Oliva tessellata
Synonyms
  • Oliva tesselata (misspelling)
  • Oliva (Neocylindrus) guttata Fischer von Waldheim, G., 1807
  • Oliva (Neocylindrus) tessellata Lamarck, 1811

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 15 mm and 60 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the Eastern Indian Ocean and off Taiwan, New Caledonia and Eastern Australia.

References

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  • "Oliva (Neocylindrus) tessellata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.