''Felicioliva peruviana'', common name the Peruvian olive, is a
species of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the
family Olividae
Olive snails, also known as olive shells and olives, scientific name Olividae, are a taxonomic family of medium to large predatory sea snails with smooth, shiny, elongated oval-shaped shells.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012). Olividae. Accessed throu ...
, the olives.
The length of the shell varies between . This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from
Peru to Southern
Chile (not in the
Galapagos Islands)
References
External links
Gastropods.com: ''Oliva (Strephona) peruviana''
Olividae
Gastropods described in 1811
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