Zierliana oleacea

Zierliana oleacea
Zierliana oleacea
Zierliana oleacea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Zierliana
Species: Z. oleacea
Binomial name
Zierliana oleacea
(Reeve, 1844)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra abbreviata Sowerby II & Sowerby III, 1874
  • Mitra oleacea Reeve, 1844
  • Strigatella oleacea (Reeve, 1844)

Zierliana oleacea is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]

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Description

The shell size varies between 20 mm and 35 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along the Aldabra Atoll; in the Pacific Ocean along the Philippines, Eastern Australia and Tahiti.

References

  1. ^ a b Zierliana oleacea (Reeve, 1844).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=414949 on 14 December 2010.
  • Taylor, J.D. (1973). Provisional list of the mollusca of Aldabra Atoll.
  • Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp.
  • Turner H. 2001. Katalog der Familie Costellariidae Macdonald, 1860. Conchbooks. 1-100 page(s): 48

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