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Oliva bulbiformis

Oliva bulbiformis
Oliva bulbiformis 01.JPG
A shell of Oliva bulbiformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Olivoidea
Family: Olividae
Genus: Oliva
Species: O. bulbiformis
Binomial name
Oliva bulbiformis
Duclos, 1840
Synonyms
  • Oliva clara Marrat, 1871
  • Oliva laevis Marrat, 1871
  • Oliva similis Marrat, 1867
  • Oliva (Oliva) calosoma Duclos, P.L., 1840
  • Oliva (Oliva) funebralis Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1811
  • Oliva (Oliva) leucostoma Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1811
  • Oliva (Carmione) bulbiformis Duclos, 1840

Oliva bulbiformis, common name the black-tinted olive, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.

The length of the shell varies between 21 mm and 45 mm.

This marine species occurs in the Bay of Bengal the Philippines and the Solomons.



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