Oliva reticulata

Oliva reticulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Olividae
Genus: Oliva
Species:
O. reticulata
Binomial name
Oliva reticulata
(Röding, 1798)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Oliva evania Duclos, 1840
  • Oliva sanguinolenta Lamarck, 1810
  • Oliva (Viduoliva) reticulata (Röding, 1798)

Oliva reticulata, common name the blood olive, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olive snails.[2]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 32 mm and 50 mm.[2] The shell of the snail forms as a deep orange columella with a black pattern on the body whorl. The aperture of the shell is a brighter pale white.[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar and in the Pacific Ocean off New Caledonia.

References

  1. ^ Röding P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus Cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Fried. Bolten M. D. p. d. pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia et multivalvia.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
  2. ^ a b c Oliva reticulata (Röding, 1798). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 November 2012.
  3. ^ Scase, Robert; Storey, Eric (1975). The world of shells. New York: Larousse. ISBN 978-0-88332-074-7.
  • Duclos, P. L. (1835-1840). Histoire naturelle générale et particulière de tous les genres de coquilles univalves marines a l'état vivant et fossile publiée par monographie. Genre Olive. Paris: Institut de France. 33 plates: pls 1-12
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