Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Olividae Scientific name Oliva flammulata | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Olivoidea Genus Oliva Rank Species | |
Similar Oliva elegans, Oliva reticularis, Oliva carneola, Oliva incrassata, Oliva bulbiformis | ||
Oliva flammulata, common name the flame olive, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.
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Subspecies
Description
The length of the shell varies between 22 mm and 43 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Cape Verdes, Mauritania and Angola.
References
Oliva flammulata Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA