Oliva sericea

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Oliva sericea
File:Oliva sericea (Oliva textilina) - Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria - Genoa, Italy - DSC03250.JPG
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Olividae
Genus: Oliva
Species:
O. sericea
Binomial name
Oliva sericea
(Röding, 1798)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Oliva (Galeola) sericea Röding, 1798· accepted, alternate representation
  • Oliva galeola Duclos, 1840
  • Oliva granitella Lamarck, 1811
  • Oliva sabulosa Marrat, 1868
  • Oliva textilina Lamarck, 1811
  • Porphyria sericea Röding, 1798 (original combination)

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

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 55 mm and 112 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the Eastern Indian Ocean; off Indonesia and the Philippines; off Ryukyu Islands, Japan and off Polynesia.

References

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  • Marrat, F.P. (1868). On some new species of Oliva. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 4, 2: 212–214.
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