Oliva sericea

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

Oliva sericea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Olividae
Genus: Oliva
Species:
O. sericea
Binomial name
Oliva sericea
(Röding, 1798)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Oliva (Galeola) sericea Röding, 1798· accepted, alternate representation
  • Oliva galeola Duclos, 1840
  • Oliva granitella Lamarck, 1811
  • Oliva sabulosa Marrat, 1868
  • Oliva textilina Lamarck, 1811
  • Porphyria sericea Röding, 1798 (original combination)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 55 mm and 112 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Eastern Indian Ocean; off Indonesia and the Philippines; off Ryukyu Islands, Japan and off Polynesia.

References
  1. Röding P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus Cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Fried. Bolten M. D. p. d. pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia et multivalvia.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
  2. Oliva sericea (Röding, 1798). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
  • Marrat, F.P. (1868). On some new species of Oliva. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 4, 2: 212–214.
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