Oliva mantichora

Oliva mantichora
Five views of a shell of Oliva mantichora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Olividae
Genus: Oliva
Species:
O. mantichora
Binomial name
Oliva mantichora
Duclos, 1840[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Oliva (Annulatoliva) annulata annulata mantichora Duclos, P.L., 1840
  • Oliva emicator Marrat, 1871
  • Oliva intricata Dautzenberg, 1927

Oliva mantichora, common name the amethyst olive, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.[2]

Subspecies
  • Oliva mantichora intricata Dautzenberg, 1927
  • Oliva mantichora mantichora Duclos, 1840

Description

The length of the shell varies between 25 mm and 53 mm. There is some variation in color and shape between the two subspecies. Oliva mantichora mantichora is generally cream-colored and robust, whereas Oliva mantichora intricata is generally orange-brown in color and more cylindrical.[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Western Indian Ocean to Japan and New Guinea.

References

  1. ↑ Duclos, P.L. (1840) Histoire Naturelle Génerale et Particuliere de Tous les Genres de Coquilles Univalves Marines a l’état Vivant et Fossile, Publiée par Monographies, Genre Columbella. Didot, Paris, 1 p., 13 pls.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
  2. 1 2 Oliva mantichora Duclos, 1840. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 November 2012.
  3. ↑ Raven, Han; Recourt, Pierre (1 December 2018). "Notes on molluscs from NW Borneo. 4. Olivoidea (Gastropoda, Neogastropoda), with the description of eight new species". Vita Malacologica (17): 113–155.
  • Steyn, D.G & Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore Shells of Southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 Gastropods. Published by the authors. Pp. i–vi, 1–289
  • Tursch B., Germain L. & Greifeneder D. (1986). Studies on Olividae. IV. Oliva annulata Gmelin, 1791 (of authors): a confusion of species. Indo-Malayan Zoology. 3: 189-216.
  • Vervaet F.L.J. (2018). The living Olividae species as described by Pierre-Louis Duclos. Vita Malacologica. 17: 1-111
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