Oliva oliva

Oliva oliva is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc of the family Olividae, the olive snails. [1][2]

Oliva oliva
Shell specimens of Oliva oliva at the Naturalis Biodiversity Center, showing variations in color and pattern
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Olividae
Genus: Oliva
Species:
O. oliva
Binomial name
Oliva oliva
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
  • Oliva broderipii Ducros de Saint Germain, 1857
  • Oliva candida Lamarck, 1811
  • Oliva fenestrata Johnson, 1915
  • Oliva flaveola Duclos, 1835
  • Oliva oliva oliva (Linnaeus, 1758)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Oliva olorinella Duclos, 1835
  • Oliva pygmaea Reeve, 1850
  • Oliva reticularis olorinella Duclos, 1835
  • Oliva stelleta Duclos, 1835
  • Oliva variabilis Gray, 1858
  • Porphyria mica Röding, 1798
  • Porphyria ornata Röding, 1798
  • Porphyria punctata Röding, 1798
  • Porphyria umbrosa Röding, 1798
  • Voluta aurea Martini, 1773
  • Voluta oliva Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination)

This is the type species of the genus Oliva.

Subspecies
Oliva oliva longispira Bridgman, 1906[3]

Description

Fossils of the genus Oliva are common from the Eocene Epoch (57.8 to 36.6 million years ago) to the present. The shell, which is distinctive and easily recognizable, has a pointed apex and rapidly expands outward to the main body whorl. It is oval in shape, with a long and narrow aperture, and possesses an agatelike sheen and fine markings. Folds are developed on the end of the body whorl in a characteristic pattern.

Olives burrow in sandy bottoms. Common in southeastern American waters is the lettered olive(Oliva sayana), about 6 cm (2.5 inches) long. Abundant in the Indo-Pacific region is the 8-centimetre (3-inch) orange-mouthed olive (O. sericea).

Distribution

This marine species has a wide distribution and occurs from Southeast India into the Pacific

References
  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Oliva oliva (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208396 on 2021-10-31
  2. "Orange-mouth olive snail (Oliva miniacea)". www.wildsingapore.com. Retrieved 2023-01-27.
  3. "Olive shell | marine snail | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2023-01-27.
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  • Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
  • Steyn, D.G & Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore Shells of Southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 Gastropods. Published by the authors. Pp. i–vi, 1–289
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