Oliva pica

Oliva pica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.[2][3]

Oliva pica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Olivoidea
Family:
Olividae
Genus:
Oliva
Species:
O. pica
Binomial name
Oliva pica
Duclos, 1840[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Oliva (Miniaceoliva) pica Lamarck, 1811
  • Oliva mascarena Tursch & Greifeneder, 1996

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Mauritius and the Seychelles.

References
  1. Duclos P.L. (1840). The "Oliva minacae complex", with the description of a familiar, unnamed species. Apex 11 (1) pp. 1–49.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
  2. Oliva pica Duclos, 1840. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
  3. "AnimalBase :: Oliva pica species homepage". www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  • 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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