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

Oliva tricolor
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Olividae
Genus: Oliva
Species:
O. tricolor
Binomial name
Oliva tricolor
Synonyms
  • Oliva (Oliva) guttula Marrat, F.P., 1871
  • Oliva (Oliva) tringa Duclos, P.L., 1840
  • Oliva (Viduoliva) tricolor Lamarck, 1811
  • Oliva philantha Duclos, 1840
  • Oliva tringa Duclos, 1835
  • Viduoliva tricolor (Lamarck, 1811)
Subspecies
  • Oliva tricolor abbasi (Thach & Berschauer, 2016) (synonym: Viduoliva tricolor abbasi Thach & Berschauer, 2016)
  • Oliva tricolor tricolor Lamarck, 1811
  • Oliva tricolor palawanensis Bartsch, 1918 (taxon inquirendum)

Description

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The length of the shell is between 38 mm and 63 mm.

Distribution

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Oliva tricolor is endemic to the Indian Ocean, the West Pacific and the South China Sea.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Lamarck J.-B. (1811). Détermination des espéces de Mollusques testacés. Ann. Mus. Nat. Paris, vol. 16. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
  2. ^ Oliva tricolor Lamarck, 1811. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 November 2012.
  3. ^ Oliver, A.P.H. (2004). Guide to Seashells of the World. Buffalo: Firefly Books. 207.
  • Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp
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  • Lamarck (J.B.M.de). (1811). Suite de la détermination des espèces de Mollusques testacés. Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. 16: 300-328
  • 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
  • "Oliva (Viduoliva) tricolor". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.