Oliva todosina, common name the pretty olive, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.[1]
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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. todosina
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| Binomial name | |
| Oliva todosina Duclos, 1840
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- Subspecies
- Oliva todosina solomonensis Petuch & Sargent, 1986
- Oliva todosina todosina Duclos, 1840
Description edit
The length of the shell varies between 14 mm and 28 mm.
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Distribution edit
This marine species occurs off Madagascar and in the Bay of Bengal; also off Japan, Micronesia and Polynesia.
References edit
- ^ a b Oliva todosina Duclos, 1840. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
- Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp
- Vervaet F.L.J. (2018). The living Olividae species as described by Pierre-Louis Duclos. Vita Malacologica. 17: 1-111
- 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–
External links edit
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