Oliva bulbiformis
A shell of Oliva bulbiformis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Olividae
Genus: Oliva
Species:
O. bulbiformis
Binomial name
Oliva bulbiformis
Duclos, 1840[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Oliva calosoma Duclos, 1840
  • Oliva clara Marrat, 1871
  • Oliva jayana Ducros de Saint Germain, 1857
  • Oliva laevis Marrat, 1871
  • Oliva similis Marrat, 1867
  • Oliva (Oliva) calosoma Duclos, P.L., 1840
  • Oliva (Oliva) funebralis Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1811
  • Oliva (Oliva) leucostoma Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1811
  • Oliva (Carmione) bulbiformis Duclos, 1840

Oliva bulbiformis, common name the black-tinted olive, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.[2]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 21 mm and 45 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Bay of Bengal, Sri Lanka the Philippines, Papua New Guinea and the Solomons.

References

  • Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp
  • 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.
  • Vervaet F.L.J. (2018). The living Olividae species as described by Pierre-Louis Duclos. Vita Malacologica. 17: 1-111
  • "Oliva (Carmione) bulbiformis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  • Ducros de Saint Germain A. M. P. (1857). Revue critique du genre Oliva de Bruguières. 120 pp


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