Oliva peruviana

Oliva peruviana
Apertural view of a shell of Oliva peruviana fulgurata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Olivoidea
Family: Olividae
Genus: Oliva
Species: O. peruviana
Binomial name
Oliva peruviana
Lamarck, 1811[1]
Synonyms
  • Oliva senegalensis Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1811
  • Oliva (Strephona) peruviana Lamarck, 1811

Oliva peruviana, common name the Peruvian olive, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.[2]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 27 mm and 55 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Peru to Southern Chile (not in the Galapagos Islands)

References

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