Oliva elegans

Oliva elegans
Oliva elegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Olivoidea
Family: Olividae
Genus: Oliva
Species: O. elegans
Binomial name
Oliva elegans
Lamarck, 1811[1]

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

Contents

Description

Distribution

O. elegans is endemic to the Indo-Pacific Ocean.[3]

References

  1. ^ Lamarck J.-B. (1811). Détermination des espéces de Mollusques testacés. Ann. Mus. Nat. Paris, vol. 16. World Register of Marine Species, accessed 28 April 2010.
  2. ^ Oliva elegans Lamarck, 1811.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208390 on 28 April 2010.
  3. ^ Oliver, A.P.H. (2004). Guide to Seashells of the World. Buffalo: Firefly Books. 208.

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