Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Olividae Scientific name Oliva mantichora | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Olivoidea Genus Oliva Rank Species | |
 | ||
Similar Oliva elegans, Oliva tricolor, Oliva sericea, Oliva incrassata | ||
Oliva mantichora, common name the amethyst olive, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.
Contents
Description
The length of the shell varies between 25 mm and 53 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Western Indian Ocean to Japan and New Guinea.
References
Oliva mantichora Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA