Felicioliva peruviana
Apertural view of a shell of Oliva peruviana fulgurata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Olivoidea
Family:
Olividae
Genus:
Felicioliva
Species:
F. peruviana
Binomial name
Felicioliva peruviana
(Lamarck, 1811)[1]
Synonyms
  • Oliva peruviana Lamarck, 1811
  • Oliva senegalensis Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1811
  • Oliva (Strephona) peruviana Lamarck, 1811

Felicioliva peruviana, common name the Peruvian olive, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.[2] The length of the shell varies between 27 and 55 mm (1.1 and 2.2 in). This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Peru to Southern Chile (not in the Galapagos Islands)

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