Oliva pacifica

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

Oliva pacifica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Olivoidea
Family:
Olividae
Genus:
Oliva
Species:
O. pacifica
Binomial name
Oliva pacifica
Marrat, 1870[1]
Synonyms[2]

Oliva arctata Marrat, 1870
Oliva zeigleri da Motta, 1981

Description

Its shell is long and roughly cylindrical in shape and is 30–63 mm long, with a narrow slit running along the length of it. [3]

Distribution

Oliva pacifica is mainly found in western Thailand.[3]

References
  1. Marrat (1870). Thesaurus Conchyliorum Vol. 4.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
  2. Oliva pacifica Marrat, 1870. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
  3. "Oliva (Arctoliva) pacifica". 24 September 2013.


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