Oliva barbadensis

Oliva barbadensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.[2]

Oliva barbadensis
Shell of Oliva barbadensis (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Olivoidea
Family:
Olividae
Genus:
Oliva
Species:
O. barbadensis
Binomial name
Oliva barbadensis
Petuch & Sargent, 1986[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off French Guyana.

References
  1. Petuch E.J. & Sargent D.M. (1986). Atlas of the living olive shells of the world. xv + 253 pp., 39 pls.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
  2. Oliva barbadensis Petuch & Sargent, 1986. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
  • Paulmier G. , 2014. La famille des Olividae Latreille, 1825 (Neogastropoda). Le genre Oliva Bruguière, 1789, aux Antilles et en Guyane françaises. Description de Oliva lilacea nov. sp. Bulletin de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux 41(4) "2013": 437-454, sér. 148, nouvelle série


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