''Oliva reticularis'', common name the netted 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.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Oliva reticularis Lamarck, 1811. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420126 on 2021-11-02]
;Subspecies:
* ''Oliva reticularis lilacea''
(Paulmier, 2013)
* ''Oliva reticularis reticularis''
Lamarck, 1811
* ''Oliva reticularis greenwayae''
Clench, 1937 (taxon inquirendum)
* ''Oliva reticularis ernesti''
Petuch, 1990: synonym of ''Oliva reticularis''
Lamarck, 1811
* ''Oliva reticularis olorinella''
Duclos, 1835: synonym of
Oliva oliva
''Oliva oliva'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc of the family Olividae, the olive snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Oliva oliva (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://mar ...
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Description
The length of the shell varies between 25 mm and 46 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the
Caribbean Sea, the
Gulf of Mexico and in the Atlantic Ocean off the
Bermudas
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and northern
Brazil.
References
* Petuch E.J. & Sargent D.M. (1986). Atlas of the living olive shells of the world. xv + 253 pp., 39 pls. page(s): Page 129, Plate 22, fig 5-7
* Petuch, E. J.; Myers, R. F. (2014). New species and subspecies of olive shells (Gastropoda: Olividae) from the Panamic and Indo-Pacific regions and the Gulf of Mexico. The Festivus. 46(3): 63-74
External links
Lamarck [J.B.M.de]. (1811). Suite de la détermination des espèces de Mollusques testacés. Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. 16: 300-328Gastropods.com: ''Oliva (Strephona) reticularis''Petuch E.J. (1990). A new molluscan faunule from the Caribbean coast of Panama. The Nautilus. 104(2): 57-71
reticularis
Gastropods described in 1811
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