Oliva tessellata

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

Oliva tessellata
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O. tessellata
Binomial name
Oliva tessellata
Synonyms
  • Oliva tesselata (misspelling)
  • Oliva (Neocylindrus) guttata Fischer von Waldheim, G., 1807
  • Oliva (Neocylindrus) tessellata Lamarck, 1811

Description

The length of the shell varies between 15 mm and 60 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Eastern Indian Ocean and off Taiwan, New Caledonia and Eastern Australia.

References

  • "Oliva (Neocylindrus) tessellata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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