Oliva tricolor
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Olividae
Genus: Oliva
Species:
O. tricolor
Binomial name
Oliva tricolor
Synonyms
  • Oliva (Oliva) guttula Marrat, F.P., 1871
  • Oliva (Oliva) tringa Duclos, P.L., 1840
  • Oliva (Viduoliva) tricolor Lamarck, 1811
  • Oliva philantha Duclos, 1840
  • Oliva tringa Duclos, 1835
  • Viduoliva tricolor (Lamarck, 1811)

Oliva tricolor, common name the tricolour olive, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.[2]

Subspecies
  • Oliva tricolor abbasi (Thach & Berschauer, 2016) (synonym: Viduoliva tricolor abbasi Thach & Berschauer, 2016)
  • Oliva tricolor tricolor Lamarck, 1811
  • Oliva tricolor palawanensis Bartsch, 1918 (taxon inquirendum)

Description

The length of the shell is between 38 mm and 63 mm.

Distribution

Oliva tricolor is endemic to the Indian Ocean, the West Pacific and the South China Sea.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Lamarck J.-B. (1811). Détermination des espéces de Mollusques testacés. Ann. Mus. Nat. Paris, vol. 16. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
  2. ↑ Oliva tricolor Lamarck, 1811. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 November 2012.
  3. ↑ Oliver, A.P.H. (2004). Guide to Seashells of the World. Buffalo: Firefly Books. 207.
  • Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp
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