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Oliva todosina

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Oliva todosina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Olividae
Genus: Oliva
Species:
O. todosina
Binomial name
Oliva todosina
Duclos, 1840
Synonyms[1]
  • Oliva lepida Duclos, 1840
  • Oliva todosina f. lepida Duclos, 1840
  • Oliva todosina f. volvarioides Duclos, 1840
  • Oliva volvaroides Duclos, 1835

Oliva todosina, common name the pretty olive, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.[1]

Subspecies
  • Oliva todosina solomonensis Petuch & Sargent, 1986
  • Oliva todosina todosina Duclos, 1840

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 14 mm and 28 mm.

var. lepida

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Madagascar and in the Bay of Bengal; also off Japan, Micronesia and Polynesia.

References

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  1. ^ a b Oliva todosina Duclos, 1840. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
  • Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp
  • Vervaet F.L.J. (2018). The living Olividae species as described by Pierre-Louis Duclos. Vita Malacologica. 17: 1-111
  • 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–
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