Felicioliva peruviana

Felicioliva 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:	Felicioliva
Species:	F. peruviana
Binomial name
	Felicioliva peruviana; (Lamarck, 1811)
Synonyms
	Oliva peruviana Lamarck, 1811; Oliva senegalensis Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1811; Oliva (Strephona) peruviana Lamarck, 1811;

Felicioliva peruviana, common name the Peruvian olive, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.^[2] The length of the shell varies between 27 and 55 mm (1.1 and 2.2 in). This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Peru to Southern Chile (not in the Galapagos Islands)

References[edit]

^ Lamarck J.-B. (1811). October/November. Keppel Bay Tidings 3.. World Register of Marine Species.
^ Oliva peruviana Lamarck, 1811. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 November 2012.

External links[edit]

Gastropods.com: Oliva (Strephona) peruviana

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[1] Lamarck J.-B. (1811). October/November. Keppel Bay Tidings 3.. World Register of Marine Species.

[WoRMS-2] Oliva peruviana Lamarck, 1811. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 November 2012.

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