Oliva polpasta

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

Subspecies
  • Oliva polpasta polpasta Duclos, 1833
  • Oliva polpasta radix Petuch & Sargent, 1986

Oliva polpasta
Shell of Americoliva polpasta (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
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O. polpasta
Binomial name
Oliva polpasta
Duclos, 1833[1]
Subspecies
Synonyms[2]
  • Americoliva polpasta (Duclos, 1833)
  • Oliva (Americoliva) polpasta Duclos, 1833· accepted, alternate representation

Description

The length of the shell varies between 19 mm and 50 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Gulf of California to Peru.

References

  • Vervaet F.L.J. (2018). The living Olividae species as described by Pierre-Louis Duclos. Vita Malacologica. 17: 1–111


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