Oliva reticularis

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

Oliva reticularis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Olividae
Genus:	Oliva
Species:	O. reticularis
Binomial name
Oliva reticularis Lamarck, 1811
Synonyms
Americoliva reticularis (Lamarck, 1811) Oliva (Americoliva) reticularis Lamarck, 1811· accepted, alternate representation Oliva alba Mörch, 1878 Oliva antillensis Petuch & Sargent, 1986 Oliva castanea Mörch, 1878 Oliva ernesti Petuch, 1990 Oliva fasciata Mörch, 1878 Oliva finlayi Petuch & Sargent, 1986 Oliva formosa Marrat, 1870 Oliva olivacea Marrat, 1870 Oliva pallida Marrat, 1867 Oliva reticularis ernesti Petuch, 1990 Oliva sowerbyi Marrat, 1870 Oliva unicolor Mörch, 1878 Oliva vermiculata Gray, 1858 Oliva (Oliva) vermiculata Gray, J.E., 1858 Oliva (Strephona) antillensis Petuch, E.J. & D.M. Sargent, 1986 Oliva (Strephona) bahamasensis Petuch, E.J. & D.M. Sargent, 1986 Oliva (Strephona) finlayi Petuch, E.J. & D.M. Sargent, 1986 Oliva (Strephona) reticularis Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1811

Subspecies

• Oliva reticularis lilacea (Paulmier, 2013)
• Oliva reticularis reticularis Lamarck, 1811
• Oliva reticularis greenwayae Clench, 1937 (taxon inquirendum)
• Oliva reticularis ernesti Petuch, 1990: synonym of Oliva reticularis Lamarck, 1811
• Oliva reticularis olorinella Duclos, 1835: synonym of Oliva oliva (Linnaeus, 1758)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 25 mm and 46 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and in the Atlantic Ocean off the Bermudas and northern Brazil.

References

• Petuch E.J. & Sargent D.M. (1986). Atlas of the living olive shells of the world. xv + 253 pp., 39 pls. page(s): Page 129, Plate 22, fig 5-7
• Petuch, E. J.; Myers, R. F. (2014). New species and subspecies of olive shells (Gastropoda: Olividae) from the Panamic and Indo-Pacific regions and the Gulf of Mexico. The Festivus. 46(3): 63-74

External links

• Lamarck [J.B.M.de]. (1811). Suite de la détermination des espèces de Mollusques testacés. Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. 16: 300-328
• Gastropods.com: Oliva (Strephona) reticularis
• Petuch E.J. (1990). A new molluscan faunule from the Caribbean coast of Panama. The Nautilus. 104(2): 57-71