Oliva vidua, common name the black olive, 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. vidua
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| Oliva vidua (Röding, 1798)[1]
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Description edit
The length of the shell varies between 28 mm and 70 mm.
This species was responsible for five fatal cases of neurotoxic food poisoning in Sabah, Malaysia.[3]
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Distribution edit
Oliva vidua is endemic to the tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean,[4] occurring in the Mascarene Basin, the Bay of Bengal, the Philippines, Indonesia, Australia and New Guinea.
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 vidua (Röding, 1798). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 November 2012.
- ^ Kan SK, Singh N, Chan MK - Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (1986); DOI 10.1016/0035-9203(86)90197-5
- ^ Oliver, A.P.H. (2004). Guide to Seashells of the World. Buffalo: Firefly Books. 208.
- Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
External links edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Oliva vidua.
- "Oliva (Viduoliva) vidua". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- 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.
- Ducros de Saint Germain A. M. P. (1857). Revue critique du genre Oliva de Bruguières. 120 pp
- Fischer von Waldheim, G. (1807). Museum Demidoff, ou, Catalogue systématique et raisonné des curiosités de la nature et de l'art: données à l'Université Impériale de Moscou par son excellence Monsieur Paul de Demidoff. Tome III. Végétaux et Animaux. Moscow: Imprimerie de Université Impériale de Moscou. 300 pp, 6 pls
- Marrat, F. P. (1870-1871). Monograph of the genus Oliva. In: G.B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus Conchyliorum, vol. 4 (29-30): 1-46