Oliva vidua

Oliva vidua
Oliva vidua
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Olivoidea
Family: Olividae
Genus: Oliva
Species: O. vidua
Binomial name
Oliva vidua
(Röding, 1798)[1]
Synonyms[2]

Oliva cinnamonea Mencke, 1830
Oliva fulminans Lamarck, 1811
Oliva macleaya Duclos, 1840
Oliva sepulturalis Lamarck, 1811

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

Contents

Description

Distribution

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

References

  1. ^ Röding P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus Cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Fried. Bolten M. D. p. d. pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia et multivalvia.. World Register of Marine Species, accessed 28 April 2010.
  2. ^ a b Oliva vidua (Röding, 1798).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=448164 on 28 April 2010.
  3. ^ Oliver, A.P.H. (2004). Guide to Seashells of the World. Buffalo: Firefly Books. 208.

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