Oliva atalina

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

Oliva atalina
Perserved specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Olivoidea
Family:
Olividae
Genus:
Oliva
Species:
O. atalina
Binomial name
Oliva atalina
Duclos, 1835[1]
Synonyms[2]

Oliva (Miniaceoliva) atalina Duclos, 1835

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Mauritius.

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. Oliva atalina Duclos, 1835. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2012.
  • Sargent D.M. & Petuch E.J. (2012) A new species of Oliva (Gastropoda: Olividae) from Mauritius, Mascarene Islands. Visaya 3(5): 4–10.


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