Oliva oliva

Oliva oliva
Dorsal view of a shell of Oliva oliva
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Olivoidea
Family: Olividae
Subfamily: Olivinae
Genus: Oliva
Subgenus: Oliva
Species: O. oliva
Binomial name
Oliva oliva
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Oliva oliva is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc of the family Olividae, the olive snails.

This is the type species of the genus Oliva.

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