Oliva amethystina
Shell of Oliva amethystina (speicmen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Olividae
Genus:	Oliva
Species:	O. amethystina
Binomial name
Oliva amethystina (Röding, 1798)[1]
Synonyms[2]
Oliva annulata Gmelin, 1791 (nomen dubium) Oliva emicator var. carnicolor Dautzenberg, 1927 Oliva emicator var. nebulosa Dautzenberg, 1927 Porphyria amethystina Röding, 1798 (original combination) Porphyria aurata Link, 1807

Oliva amethystina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.^[2]

Subspecies

• Oliva amethystina amethystina (Röding, 1798)
• Oliva amethystina guttata Lamarck, 1811

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Philippines, Papua New Guinea, and off Queensland, Australia.

References

• Raven J.G.M. (Han) & Recourt P. (2018). Notes on molluscs from NW Borneo. 4. Olivoidea (Gastropoda, Neogastropoda), with the description of eight new species. Vita Malacologica. 17: 113–155.
• Tursch B., Germain L. & Greifeneder D. (1986). Studies on Olividae. IV. Oliva annulata Gmelin, 1791 (of authors): a confusion of species. Indo-Malayan Zoology. 3: 189-216

External links

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• 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.
• Link, D.H.F. (1807-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Adlers Erben