Oliva caroliniana

Oliva caroliniana
Oliva caroliniana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Olivoidea
Family: Olividae
Genus: Oliva
Species: O. caroliniana
Binomial name
Oliva caroliniana
Duclos, 1835[1]
Synonyms[2]

Oliva scitula Marratt, 1870

Oliva caroliniana, common name the carolinian olive shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.[2]

Contents

Description

Distribution

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, accessed 28 April 2010.
  2. ^ a b Oliva caroliniana Duclos, 1835.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225386 on 28 April 2010.

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