Oliva pica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.[2][3]

Oliva pica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Olividae
Genus: Oliva
Species:
O. pica
Binomial name
Oliva pica
Duclos, 1840[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Oliva (Miniaceoliva) pica Lamarck, 1811
  • Oliva mascarena Tursch & Greifeneder, 1996

Description edit

Distribution edit

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Mauritius and the Seychelles.

References edit

  1. ^ Duclos P.L. (1840). The "Oliva minacae complex", with the description of a familiar, unnamed species. Apex 11 (1) pp. 1–49.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
  2. ^ a b Oliva pica Duclos, 1840. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
  3. ^ "AnimalBase :: Oliva pica species homepage". www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  • Sargent D.M. & Petuch E.J. (2012) A new species of Oliva (Gastropoda: Olividae) from Mauritius, Mascarene Islands. Visaya 3(5): 4–10.