Oliva scripta

Oliva scripta
Shell of Oliva scripta (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Olividae
Genus: Oliva
Species:
O. scripta
Binomial name
Oliva scripta
Lamarck, 1811
Synonyms
  • Oliva (Cariboliva) scripta Lamarck, 1811 accepted, alternate representation
  • Oliva caribaeensis Dall & Simpson, 1901
  • Oliva scripta scripta Lamarck, 1811
  • Oliva scripta venezuelana Petuch & Sargent, 1986
  • Oliva trujilloi Clench, 1938

Oliva scripta, commonly named the Caribbean olive, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 25 mm and 60 mm.

Distribution

Trawled by shrimpers working tropical Western Atlantic continental shelf areas. Also known from traps set at depths of 120 metres, offshore West coast Barbados, Lesser Antilles.

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico; off Colombia and Brazil.

References

  1. ^ Oliva scripta Lamarck, 1811. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
  • Petuch E.J. & Sargent D.M. (1986). Atlas of the living olive shells of the world. xv + 253 pp., 39 pls.
  • Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
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