Oliva panniculata
Shell of Oliva panniculata (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Olividae
Genus: Oliva
Species:
O. panniculata
Binomial name
Oliva panniculata
Duclos, 1835
Synonyms
  • Oliva (Acutoliva) panniculata Duclos, 1835· accepted, alternate representation
  • Oliva (Acutoliva) williamsi Melvill & Standen, 1897
  • Oliva panniculata panniculata Duclos, 1835· accepted, alternate representation
  • Olivella williamsi Melvill & Standen, 1897

Oliva panniculata, common name the silk-clad olive, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 13.1 mm and 25 mm.

Distribution

Tjhis marine species occurs off East Africa and in the West Pacific

References

  • Steyn, D.G & Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore Shells of Southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 Gastropods. Published by the authors. Pp. i–vi, 1–289
  • Kilburn, R.N. (1980). The genus Oliva (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Olividae) in southern Africa and Mozambique. Annals of the Natal Museum. 24(1): 221–231
  • Vervaet F.L.J. (2018). The living Olividae species as described by Pierre-Louis Duclos. Vita Malacologica. 17: 1-111


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