Oliva atalina

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Oliva atalina
Shell of Oliva atalina (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Olividae
Genus: Oliva
Species:
O. atalina
Binomial name
Oliva atalina
Duclos, 1835[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Oliva (Miniaceoliva) atalina Duclos, 1835
  • Oliva quersolina Duclos, 1835

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

Description

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Distribution

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This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Mauritius and in the seas about China and Japan.

References

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  • Sargent D.M. & Petuch E.J. (2012) A new species of Oliva (Gastropoda: Olividae) from Mauritius, Mascarene Islands. Visaya 3(5): 4–10.
  • Vervaet F.L.J. (2018). The living Olividae species as described by Pierre-Louis Duclos. Vita Malacologica. 17: 1-111.
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