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Oliva faba

Oliva faba
Oliva faba 001.jpg
Oliva faba
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Olivoidea
Family: Olividae
Genus: Oliva
Species: O. faba
Binomial name
Oliva faba
Marrat, 1867
Synonyms
  • Oliva (Oliva) vanuatuensis Petuch, E.J. & D.M. Sargent, 1986
  • Oliva (Proxoliva) faba Marrat, 1867
  • Oliva smithi Bridgman, 1906

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

The length of the shell varies between 15 mm and 23 mm.

This marine species occurs off Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Vanuatu



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