Oliva caroliniana

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Oliva caroliniana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Olividae
Genus: Oliva
Species:
O. caroliniana
Binomial name
Oliva caroliniana
Duclos, 1835[1]
Synonyms[2]

Oliva scitula Marratt, 1870

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

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Distribution[edit]

This marine species occurs in Micronesia off the Caroline Islands.

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