Oliva sericea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Olividae |
| Genus: | Oliva |
| Species: | O. sericea
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| Oliva sericea (Röding, 1798)[1]
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Description edit
The length of the shell varies between 55 mm and 112 mm.
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Distribution edit
This marine species occurs in the Eastern Indian Ocean; off Indonesia and the Philippines; off Ryukyu Islands, Japan and off Polynesia.
References edit
- ^ Röding P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus Cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Fried. Bolten M. D. p. d. pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia et multivalvia.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
- ^ a b Oliva sericea (Röding, 1798). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
- Marrat, F.P. (1868). On some new species of Oliva. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 4, 2: 212–214.
External links edit
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- 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
- MNHN, Paris: syntype