Oliva maculata

Oliva maculata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Olividae
Genus:	Oliva
Species:	O. maculata
Binomial name
	Oliva maculata; Duclos, 1840
Synonyms
	Annulatoliva maculata (Duclos, 1840);

Oliva maculata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.^[1]

Distribution[edit]

This marine species occurs off Zanzibar, the Philippines and in Oceania and Polynesia.

^ ^a ^b MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Oliva maculata Duclos, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=448122 on 2021-10-30

Chenu, 1845 - Parts 46. In Illustrations Conchyliologiques ou description et figures de toutes les coquilles connues vivantes et fossiles, classées suivant le système de Lamarck modifié d'après les progrès de la science et comprenant les genres nouveaux et les espèces récemment découvertes, p. Tridacna pl; 6-8 ; Oliva pl 14-16
Tursch, B. & Greifeneder, D., 2001 - Oliva shells. The genus Oliva and the species problem, p. 569 pp
Vervaet F.L.J. (2018). The living Olividae species as described by Pierre-Louis Duclos. Vita Malacologica. 17: 1-111.

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