Oliva bifasciata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.[1]

Oliva bifasciata
Shell of Oliva bifasciata (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Olividae
Genus: Oliva
Species:
O. bifasciata
Binomial name
Oliva bifasciata
Weinkauff, 1878
Synonyms[1]
  • Oliva (Americoliva) bifasciata Kuster, 1878· accepted, alternate representation
  • Oliva bifasciata bifasciata Weinkauff, 1878· accepted, alternate representation
  • Oliva magdae Petuch & Sargent, 1986

Synonyms

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  • Oliva bifasciata bollingi Clench, 1934: synonym of Americoliva nivosa bollingi (Clench, 1934) accepted as Oliva nivosa bollingi Clench, 1934 (basionym)
  • Oliva bifasciata jenseni Petuch & Sargent, 1986: synonym of Americoliva nivosa nivosa (Marrat, 1871) accepted as Oliva nivosa nivosa Marrat, 1871

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Guadeloupe and Bermuda.

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Oliva bifasciata Weinkauff, 1878. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=448086 on 2021-10-30
  • Küster in Weinkauff (1878). Systematisches Conchylien Cabinet. Band V. Species 35, Plate 5, fig 11
  • Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp