Oliva nivosa

Oliva nivosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.[2]

Oliva nivosa
Shell of Oliva nivosa (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Olivoidea
Family:
Olividae
Genus:
Oliva
Species:
O. nivosa
Binomial name
Oliva nivosa
Marrat, 1871[1]
Synonyms
  • Americoliva nivosa (Marrat, 1871)
  • Oliva (Americoliva) nivosa Marrat, 1871· accepted, alternate representation

Distribution

This marine species occurs off French Guiana.

References
  1. Marrat (1871). Thesaurus Conchyliorum Vol. 4.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
  2. Oliva nivosa Marrat, 1871. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
  • Hunon C., Hoarau A. & Robin A. (2009) Olividae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) Revue exhaustive des espèces récentes du genre Oliva / A complete survey of Recent species of the genus Oliva. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 253 pp
  • Paulmier G. , 2014. -La famille des Olividae Latreille, 1825 (Neogastropoda). Le genre Oliva Bruguière, 1789, aux Antilles et en Guyane françaises. Description de Oliva lilacea nov. sp. Bulletin de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux 41(4) "2013": 437–454, sér. 148, nouvelle série


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