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Oliva faba

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Species of gastropod

Oliva faba
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Olividae
Genus: Oliva
Species: O. faba
Binomial name
Oliva faba
Marrat, 1867
Synonyms
  • Oliva (Oliva) vanuatuensis Petuch, E.J. & D.M. Sargent, 1986
  • Oliva (Proxoliva) faba Marrat, 1867
  • Oliva smithi Bridgman, 1906

Oliva faba is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.

Description

The length of the shell varies between 15 mm and 23 mm.

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (November 2012)

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Vanuatu

References

  1. Marrat, F. P. 1867. On some new species of Oliva, and a new Trivia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (3)20: 213–215.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
  2. ^ Oliva faba Marrat, 1867. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 November 2012.

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Taxon identifiers
Oliva faba


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