Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Olividae Scientific name Oliva tesselata | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Olivoidea Genus Oliva Rank Species | |
Similar Oliva tricolor, Oliva vidua, Oliva sericea, Oliva bulbiformis, Oliva incrassata | ||
Oliva tessellata, common name the tessellate olive, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.
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Description
The length of the shell varies between 15 mm and 60 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Eastern Indian Ocean and off Taiwan, New Caledonia and Eastern Australia.
References
Oliva tessellata Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA