Oliva scripta

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

Oliva scripta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Olivoidea
Family:
Olividae
Genus:
Oliva
Species:
O. scripta
Binomial name
Oliva scripta
Lamarck, 1811

Distribution

Trawled by shrimpers working tropical Western Atlantic continental shelf areas.
Also known from traps set at depths of 120 metres, offshore West coast Barbados, Lesser Antilles.

References
  1. Oliva scripta Lamarck, 1811. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.


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