Oliva tessellata
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Olividae |
Genus: | Oliva |
Species: | O. tessellata
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Binomial name | |
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Oliva tessellata, common name the tessellate olive, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.[2]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell varies between 15 mm and 60 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs in the Eastern Indian Ocean and off Taiwan, New Caledonia and Eastern Australia.
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ Oliva tessellata Lamarck, 1811. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 November 2012.
External links
[edit]- "Oliva (Neocylindrus) tessellata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.