Oliva polpasta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Olividae, the olives.[2]
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| Shell of Oliva polpasta (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. polpasta
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| Oliva polpasta Duclos, 1833[1]
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| Subspecies[2] | |
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- Subspecies
- Oliva polpasta polpasta Duclos, 1833
- Oliva polpasta radix Petuch & Sargent, 1986
Description edit
The length of the shell varies between 19 mm and 50 mm.
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Distribution edit
This marine species occurs off the Gulf of California to Peru.
References edit
- ^ Duclos, P.L. (1840) Histoire Naturelle Génerale et Particuliere de Tous les Genres de Coquilles Univalves Marines a l’état Vivant et Fossile, Publiée par Monographies, Genre Columbella. Didot, Paris, 1 p., 13 pls.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
- ^ a b c MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Oliva polpasta Duclos, 1833. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=448141 on 2021-11-02
- 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. (1833). Olive polpasta. Oliva polpasta. Magasin de Zoologie. 3(5): pl. 20
- 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–pls 1 [1835], pls 13–pls 13
- Syntype at MNHN, Paris