Oliva (gastropod)
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Oliva is a genus of medium-sized to large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Olivinae of the family Olividae, the olive snails or olive shells.[2] Many former species of Oliva have been reclassified under genus Americoliva.
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Oliva | |
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Three growth stages of the shell of the lettered olive, Oliva sayana | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Olivoidea |
Family: | Olividae |
Subfamily: | Olivinae |
Genus: | Oliva Bruguière, 1789[1] |
Type species | |
Voluta oliva | |
Synonyms[2] | |
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