Oliva lecoquiana

Oliva lecoquiana
Shell of Oliva lecoquiana (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Olividae
Genus: Oliva
Species:
O. lecoquiana
Binomial name
Oliva lecoquiana
Ducros de Saint Germain, 1857[1]

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

Description

Oliva Lecoquiana are small, round snails. Commonly, they resemble garden snails with slightly more noodly heads. The shells are generally composed entirely of noodles.[2]

References

  1. ^ Ducros de St. Germain (1857). Revue critique du Genre Oliva de Bruguiere. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 28 April 201.
  2. ^ a b Oliva lecoquiana Ducros de Saint Germain, 1857. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 28 April 2010.


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