Oliva ponderosa
Oliva ponderosa, common name the ponderous olive, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.[2]
Oliva ponderosa | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Olividae |
Genus: | Oliva |
Species: | O. ponderosa |
Binomial name | |
Oliva ponderosa Duclos, 1840[1] | |
Synonyms | |
Oliva (Miniaceoliva) ponderosa Duclos, 1840 |
Description
The length of the shell varies between 45 mm and 73 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Maldives, Mauritius and South India.
References
- 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.
- Oliva ponderosa Duclos, 1840. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
- Vervaet F.L.J. (2018). The living Olividae species as described by Pierre-Louis Duclos. Vita Malacologica. 17: 1-111
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