Oliva panniculata, common name the silk-clad olive, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.[1]
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| Shell of Oliva panniculata (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Olividae |
| Genus: | Oliva |
| Species: | O. panniculata
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| Oliva panniculata Duclos, 1835
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Description edit
The length of the shell varies between 13.1 mm and 25 mm.
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Distribution edit
Tjhis marine species occurs off East Africa and in the West Pacific
References edit
- ^ Oliva panniculata Duclos, 1835. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
- Steyn, D.G & Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore Shells of Southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 Gastropods. Published by the authors. Pp. i–vi, 1–289
- Kilburn, R.N. (1980). The genus Oliva (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Olividae) in southern Africa and Mozambique. Annals of the Natal Museum. 24(1): 221–231
- Vervaet F.L.J. (2018). The living Olividae species as described by Pierre-Louis Duclos. Vita Malacologica. 17: 1-111
External links edit
- Duclos, P. L. (1835-1840). Histoire naturelle générale et particulière de tous les genres de coquilles univalves marines a l'état vivant et fossile publiée par monographie. Genre Olive. Paris: Institut de France. 33 plates: pls 1-12
- Melvill, J. C. & Standen, R. (1897). Notes on a collection of shells from Lifu and Uvea, Loyalty Islands, formed by the Rev. James and Mrs. Hadfield, with list of species. Part II (continued). Journal of Conchology. 8: 379-381, pl. 11