Oliva pica

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Oliva pica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Olivoidea
Family: Olividae
Genus: Oliva
Species: O. pica
Binomial name
Oliva pica
Duclos, 1840[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Oliva (Miniaceoliva) pica Lamarck, 1811
  • Oliva mascarena Tursch & Greifeneder, 1996

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

Description

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Mauritius and the Seychelles.

References

  • Sargent D.M. & Petuch E.J. (2012) A new species of Oliva (Gastropoda: Olividae) from Mauritius, Mascarene Islands. Visaya 3(5): 4-10.

External links


    This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.