Oliva faba

Oliva faba is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.[2]

Oliva faba
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[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Oliva (Oliva) vanuatuensis Petuch, E.J. & D.M. Sargent, 1986
  • Oliva (Proxoliva) faba Marrat, 1867
  • Oliva smithi Bridgman, 1906

Description

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

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Vanuatu

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References
  1. Marrat, F. P. 1867. On some new species of Oliva, and a new Trivia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (3)20: 213–215.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
  2. Oliva faba Marrat, 1867. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 November 2012.
  • "Oliva (Proxoliva) faba". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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