Oliva faba

Oliva faba
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Olividae
Genus: Oliva
Species:
O. faba
Binomial name
Oliva faba
Marrat, 1867[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Oliva (Oliva) vanuatuensis Petuch, E.J. & D.M. Sargent, 1986
  • Oliva (Proxoliva) faba Marrat, 1867
  • Oliva smithi Bridgman, 1906

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 15 mm and 23 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Vanuatu

References

  1. ^ Marrat, F. P. 1867. On some new species of Oliva, and a new Trivia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (3)20: 213–215.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
  2. ^ a b Oliva faba Marrat, 1867. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 November 2012.
  • "Oliva (Proxoliva) faba". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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