Oliva faba
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Oliva faba | |
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Oliva faba | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Olivoidea |
Family: | Olividae |
Genus: | Oliva |
Species: | O. faba |
Binomial name | |
Oliva faba Marrat, 1867[1] | |
Synonyms[2] | |
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Oliva faba is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.[2]
Description
The length of the shell varies between 15 mm and 23 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Vanuatu
References
- ↑ Marrat, F. P. 1867. On some new species of Oliva, and a new Trivia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (3)20: 213-215.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Oliva faba Marrat, 1867. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 November 2012.
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