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Oliva tigridella

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Species of gastropod

Oliva tigridella
Apertural view of a shell of Oliva tigridella stellata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Olividae
Genus: Oliva
Species: O. tigridella
Binomial name
Oliva tigridella
Duclos, 1835
Synonyms

Oliva blanda Marrat, 1867

Oliva tigridella 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 42 mm.

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

Distribution

This marine species occurs from the Philippines and Indonesia to French Polynesia and Australia.

References

  1. 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.
  2. Oliva tigridella Duclos, 1835. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 November 2012.

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Taxon identifiers
Oliva tigridella


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