Oliva richerti

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Oliva richerti
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Olivoidea
Family: Olividae
Genus: Oliva
Species: O. richerti
Binomial name
Oliva richerti
Kay, 1979[1]

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

Description

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Hawaii.

References

  • Kay, E.A. (1979) Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4: Mollusca. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publications, 64, xviii + 1–653. page(s): Page 282, fig 98, G, H
  • Severns M. (2011) Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells. Conchbooks, Hackenheim. 564 pp.

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