Oliva panniculata

Oliva panniculata
Shell of Oliva panniculata (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Olividae
Genus:	Oliva
Species:	O. panniculata
Binomial name
Oliva panniculata Duclos, 1835
Synonyms
Oliva (Acutoliva) panniculata Duclos, 1835· accepted, alternate representation Oliva (Acutoliva) williamsi Melvill & Standen, 1897 Oliva panniculata panniculata Duclos, 1835· accepted, alternate representation Olivella williamsi Melvill & Standen, 1897

Oliva panniculata, common name the silk-clad olive, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.

Description

The length of the shell varies between 13.1 mm and 25 mm.

Distribution

Tjhis marine species occurs off East Africa and in the West Pacific

References

• 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, 1–289
• Kilburn, R.N. (1980). The genus Oliva (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Olividae) in southern Africa and Mozambique. Annals of the Natal Museum. 24(1): 221–231
• Vervaet F.L.J. (2018). The living Olividae species as described by Pierre-Louis Duclos. Vita Malacologica. 17: 1-111

External links

• Duclos, P. L. (1835-1840). Histoire naturelle générale et particulière de tous les genres de coquilles univalves marines a l'état vivant et fossile publiée par monographie. Genre Olive. Paris: Institut de France. 33 plates: pls 1-12
• Melvill, J. C. & Standen, R. (1897). Notes on a collection of shells from Lifu and Uvea, Loyalty Islands, formed by the Rev. James and Mrs. Hadfield, with list of species. Part II (continued). Journal of Conchology. 8: 379-381, pl. 11