Oliva australis | |
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Shell of Oliva australis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Olividae |
Genus: | Oliva |
Species: | O. australis
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Binomial name | |
Oliva australis Duclos, 1835[1]
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Synonyms | |
Oliva (Acutoliva) australis Duclos, 1835· accepted, alternate representation |
Oliva australis (also known as the Southern olive or Olive shell[2]) is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.[3]
This species has a shiny pale elongated shell that is usually decorated by purple zigzag longitudinal lines and altering brown and white markings around the top of the whorls. They can be 3 centimeters in length.[4]
This marine species was found in the Atlantic Ocean off the islands Saint Pierre and Miquelon.