Oliva mantichora
| Oliva mantichora | |
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| Five views of a shell of Oliva mantichora | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Olividae |
| Genus: | Oliva |
| Species: | O. mantichora
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| Binomial name | |
| Oliva mantichora Duclos, 1840[1]
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Oliva mantichora, common name the amethyst olive, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.[2]
- Subspecies
- Oliva mantichora intricata Dautzenberg, 1927
- Oliva mantichora mantichora Duclos, 1840
Description
[edit]The length of the shell varies between 25 mm and 53 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs in the Western Indian Ocean to Japan and New Guinea.
References
[edit]- ^ Duclos, P.L. (1840) Histoire Naturelle Génerale et Particuliere de Tous les Genres de Coquilles Univalves Marines a l’état Vivant et Fossile, Publiée par Monographies, Genre Columbella. Didot, Paris, 1 p., 13 pls.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
- ^ a b Oliva mantichora Duclos, 1840. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 November 2012.
- 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
- Tursch B., Germain L. & Greifeneder D. (1986). Studies on Olividae. IV. Oliva annulata Gmelin, 1791 (of authors): a confusion of species. Indo-Malayan Zoology. 3: 189-216.
- Vervaet F.L.J. (2018). The living Olividae species as described by Pierre-Louis Duclos. Vita Malacologica. 17: 1-111
External links
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