Oliva polpasta
Shell of Oliva polpasta (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. polpasta
Binomial name
Oliva polpasta
Duclos, 1833[1]
Subspecies[2]
Synonyms[2]
  • Americoliva polpasta (Duclos, 1833)
  • Oliva (Americoliva) polpasta Duclos, 1833· accepted, alternate representation

Oliva polpasta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Olividae, the olives.[2]

Subspecies

Description

The length of the shell varies between 19 mm and 50 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Gulf of California to Peru.

References

  • Vervaet F.L.J. (2018). The living Olividae species as described by Pierre-Louis Duclos. Vita Malacologica. 17: 1–111


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