Oliva polpasta

Oliva polpasta
Shell of Oliva polpasta (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. polpasta
Binomial name
Oliva polpasta
Duclos, 1833[1]
Subspecies[2]
Synonyms[2]
  • Americoliva polpasta (Duclos, 1833)
  • Oliva (Americoliva) polpasta Duclos, 1833· accepted, alternate representation

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

Subspecies

Description

The length of the shell varies between 19 mm and 50 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Gulf of California to Peru.

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. ^ a b c MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Oliva polpasta Duclos, 1833. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=448141 on 2021-11-02
  • Vervaet F.L.J. (2018). The living Olividae species as described by Pierre-Louis Duclos. Vita Malacologica. 17: 1–111


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