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Oliva vidua

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Species of gastropod

Oliva vidua
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Olividae
Genus: Oliva
Species: O. vidua
Binomial name
Oliva vidua
(Röding, 1798)
Synonyms
  • Oliva cinnamonea Mencke, 1830
  • Oliva fabreii Ducros de Saint Germain, 1857
  • Oliva fulminans Lamarck, 1811
  • Oliva fusca Perry, G., 1811
  • Oliva grata Marrat, 1871
  • Oliva inornata Marrat, 1870
  • Oliva lutea Marrat, 1871
  • Oliva maura Lamarck, 1811
  • Oliva propinqua Marrat, 1870
  • Oliva sepulturalis Lamarck, 1811
  • Oliva (Oliva) angustata Marrat, F.P., 1868
  • Oliva (Oliva) fabrei Ducros De St.Germain, A.M.P., 1857
  • Oliva (Oliva) grata Marrat, F.P., 1871
  • Oliva (Oliva) maura Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1811
  • Oliva (Oliva) mauritiana Marrat, F.P., 1871
  • Oliva (Viduoliva) vidua (Röding, 1798)
  • Porphyria vidua Röding, 1798 (original combination)

Oliva vidua, common name the black olive, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.

Description

The length of the shell varies between 28 mm and 70 mm.

This species was responsible for five fatal cases of neurotoxic food poisoning in Sabah, Malaysia.

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

Distribution

Oliva vidua is endemic to the tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean, occurring in the Mascarene Basin, the Bay of Bengal, the Philippines, Indonesia, Australia and New Guinea.

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 vidua (Röding, 1798). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 November 2012.
  3. Kan SK, Singh N, Chan MK - Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (1986); DOI 10.1016/0035-9203(86)90197-5
  4. Oliver, A.P.H. (2004). Guide to Seashells of the World. Buffalo: Firefly Books. 208.
  • Liu, J.Y. (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.

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Taxon identifiers
Oliva vidua


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