Oliva elegans | |
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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 |
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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.