Oliva bifasciata

Oliva bifasciata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.[1]

Oliva bifasciata
Shell of Oliva bifasciata (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Olividae
Genus: Oliva
Species:
O. bifasciata
Binomial name
Oliva bifasciata
Weinkauff, 1878
Synonyms[1]
  • Oliva (Americoliva) bifasciata Kuster, 1878· accepted, alternate representation
  • Oliva bifasciata bifasciata Weinkauff, 1878· accepted, alternate representation
  • Oliva magdae Petuch & Sargent, 1986

Synonyms
  • Oliva bifasciata bollingi Clench, 1934: synonym of Americoliva nivosa bollingi (Clench, 1934) accepted as Oliva nivosa bollingi Clench, 1934 (basionym)
  • Oliva bifasciata jenseni Petuch & Sargent, 1986: synonym of Americoliva nivosa nivosa (Marrat, 1871) accepted as Oliva nivosa nivosa Marrat, 1871

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Guadeloupe and Bermuda.

References
  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Oliva bifasciata Weinkauff, 1878. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=448086 on 2021-10-30
  • Küster in Weinkauff (1878). Systematisches Conchylien Cabinet. Band V. Species 35, Plate 5, fig 11
  • Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp
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