Oliva tricolor
| Oliva tricolor | |
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| Oliva tricolor philantha | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Olivoidea |
| Family: | Olividae |
| Genus: | Oliva |
| Species: | O. tricolor |
| Binomial name | |
| Oliva tricolor Lamarck, 1811[1] | |
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Oliva tricolor, common name the tricolour olive, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.[2]
Description
The length of the shell is between 38 mm and 63 mm.
Distribution
O. tricolor is endemic to the Indian Ocean, the West Pacific and the South China Sea.[3]
References
- ↑ Lamarck J.-B. (1811). Détermination des espéces de Mollusques testacés. Ann. Mus. Nat. Paris, vol. 16. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
- ↑ Oliva tricolor Lamarck, 1811. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 November 2012.
- ↑ Oliver, A.P.H. (2004). Guide to Seashells of the World. Buffalo: Firefly Books. 207.
External links
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