Oliva australis

Oliva australis
Shell of Oliva australis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Olividae
Genus: Oliva
Species:
O. australis
Binomial name
Oliva australis
Duclos, 1835[1]
Synonyms

Oliva (Acutoliva) australis Duclos, 1835· accepted, alternate representation

Oliva australis (also known as the Southern olive or Olive shell[2]) is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.[3]

Subspecies

Description

This species has a shiny pale elongated shell that is usually decorated by purple zigzag longitudinal lines and altering brown and white markings around the top of the whorls. They can be 3 centimeters in length.[4]

Distribution

This marine species was found in the Atlantic Ocean off the islands Saint Pierre and Miquelon.

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Australia, Atlas of Living. "Species: Oliva australis (Olive Shell)". bie.ala.org.au. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  3. ^ Oliva australis Duclos, 1835. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
  4. ^ "Oliva australis". Reef Life Survey | Reef Species of the World. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  • Vervaet F.L.J. (2018). The living Olividae species as described by Pierre-Louis Duclos. Vita Malacologica. 17: 1-111
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