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Oliva pindarina

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Oliva pindarina
Shell of Oliva pindarina (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Olividae
Genus: Oliva
Species:
O. pindarina
Binomial name
Oliva pindarina
Duclos , 1840

Oliva pindarina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.[1]

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 25 mm and 58 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the Sea of Cortez, Mexico.

References

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  1. ^ Oliva pindarina Duclos , 1840. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
  • Vervaet F.L.J. (2018). The living Olividae species as described by Pierre-Louis Duclos. Vita Malacologica. 17: 1-111
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