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    Oliva atalina

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    Oliva atalina
    Oliva atalina (MNHN-IM-2000-1131).jpeg
    Shell of Oliva atalina (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
    Scientific classification edit
    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Mollusca
    Class: Gastropoda
    Subclass: Caenogastropoda
    Order: Neogastropoda
    Family: Olividae
    Genus: Oliva
    Species:
    O. atalina
    Binomial name
    Oliva atalina
    Duclos, 1835[1]
    Synonyms[2]
    • Oliva (Miniaceoliva) atalina Duclos, 1835
    • Oliva quersolina Duclos, 1835

    Oliva atalina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.[2]

    Description[edit]

    Distribution[edit]

    This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Mauritius and in the seas about China and Japan.

    References[edit]

    1. ^ Duclos, P.L. (1840) Histoire Naturelle Génerale et Particuliere de Tous les Genres de Coquilles Univalves Marines a l’état Vivant et Fossile, Publiée par Monographies, Genre Columbella. Didot, Paris, 1 p., 13 pls.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
    2. ^ a b Oliva atalina Duclos, 1835. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2012.
    • Sargent D.M. & Petuch E.J. (2012) A new species of Oliva (Gastropoda: Olividae) from Mauritius, Mascarene Islands. Visaya 3(5): 4–10.
    • Vervaet F.L.J. (2018). The living Olividae species as described by Pierre-Louis Duclos. Vita Malacologica. 17: 1-111.

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