Oliva spicata

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

Oliva spicata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Olividae
Genus:	Oliva
Species:	O. spicata
Binomial name
Oliva spicata (Röding, 1798)
Synonyms
Oliva araneosa Lamarck, 1811 Oliva brunnea Marrat, 1871 Oliva cumingii Reeve, 1850 Oliva fuscata Marrat, 1870 Oliva intertincta Carpenter, 1857 Oliva ionopsis Berry, 1969 Oliva ligneola Reeve, 1850 Oliva melchersi Menke, 1851 Oliva oniska Duclos, 1844 Oliva punctata Marrat, 1871 Oliva rejecta J. Q. Burch & R. L. Burch, 1962 Oliva spicata spicata (Röding, 1798)· accepted, alternate representation Oliva spicata var. hemphilli Ford in Johnson, 1915 Oliva spicata var. perfecta Johnson, 1911 Oliva subangulata corteziana Petuch & Sargent, 1986 Porphyria arachnoidea Röding, 1798 Porphyria spicata Röding, 1798 (original combination)

Subspecies and varieties

• Oliva spicata deynzerae Petuch & Sargent, 1986: synonym of Americoliva deynzerae (Petuch & Sargent, 1986): synonym of Oliva deynzerae Petuch & Sargent, 1986 (basionym)
• Oliva spicata var. hemphilli Ford in Johnson, 1915: synonym of Oliva spicata spicata (Röding, 1798) represented as Oliva spicata (Röding, 1798)
• Oliva spicata var. perfecta Johnson, 1911: synonym of Oliva spicata spicata (Röding, 1798) represented as Oliva spicata (Röding, 1798)

Description

var. violacea

The length of the shell varies between 25 mm and 85 mm

Distribution

This marine species occurs between the Gulf of California and Peru.

References

• Duclos P.L. (1844-1848). Oliva. In J.C. Chenu, Illustrations conchyliologiques ou description et figures de toutes les coquilles connues vivantes et fossiles, classées suivant le système de Lamarck modifié d'après les progrès de la science et comprenant les genres nouveaux et les espèces récemment découvertes: 5-28

External links

• Röding, P.F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg. viii, 199 pp.
• Reeve, L. A. (1850). Monograph of the genus Oliva. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 6, pl. 1-30 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London.