Oliva reticulata

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  |

Animalia

Phylum:  |

Mollusca

Class:  |

Gastropoda

(unranked):  |

clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda

Superfamily:  |

Olivoidea

Family:  |

Olividae

Genus:  |

Oliva

Species:  |

O. reticulata

Binomial name
Oliva reticulata

(Röding, 1798)[1]

Synonyms[2]

* Oliva sanguinolenta Lamarck, 1810
* Oliva (Viduoliva) reticulata (Röding, 1798)

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

## Contents

* 1 Description
* 2 Distribution
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Description

The length of the shell varies between 32 mm and 50 mm.

## Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar and in the Pacific Ocean off New Caledonia.

## References

1. ↑ 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.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Oliva reticulata (Röding, 1798). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 November 2012.

## External links

* Gastropods.com: Oliva (Viduoliva) reticulata

Wikidata ☰ Q5234992 entry

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