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Oliva elegans

Oliva elegans
Oliva elegans zigzag 001.jpg
Apertural view of a shell of Oliva elegans zigzag
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Olivoidea
Family: Olividae
Genus: Oliva
Species: O. elegans
Binomial name
Oliva elegans
Lamarck, 1811
Synonyms

Oliva (Viduoliva) elegans Lamarck, 1811


Oliva (Viduoliva) elegans Lamarck, 1811

Oliva elegans is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.

The length of the shell varies between 30 mm and 53 mm.

O. elegans occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean off Mozambique and in the Western Pacific Ocean.



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