Oliva faba
| Oliva faba | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Olividae |
| Genus: | Oliva |
| Species: | O. faba |
| Binomial name | |
| Oliva faba Marrat, 1867[1] | |
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Oliva faba is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.[2]
Description
Typically, the shell is elongated and slender, with straight sides.[3] The length of the shell varies between 15 mm and 39 mm. It is normally green or yellow, overlaid with purple-brown zigzags and triangular markings, often merging into a dense reticulated pattern.[3]
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.
- 1 2 Oliva faba Marrat, 1867. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 November 2012.
- 1 2 Petuch, Edward J.; Sargent, Dennis M. (1986). Atlas of the Living Olive Shells of the World (1st ed.). Fort Lauderdale, Florida: The Coastal Education & Research Foundation, Inc. p. 115. ISBN 9780938415008.
External links
- "Oliva (Proxoliva) faba". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.