Oliva tricolor

Oliva tricolor
Oliva tricolor
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]

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

Contents

Description

Distribution

O. tricolor is endemic to the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea.[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 tricolor Lamarck, 1811.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=448160 on 28 April 2010.
  3. ^ Oliver, A.P.H. (2004). Guide to Seashells of the World. Buffalo: Firefly Books. 207.

External links

  • Oliva tricolor philantha

  • Oliva tricolor philantha


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