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

Oliva circinata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Olividae
Genus: Oliva
Species:
O. circinata
Binomial name
Oliva circinata
Marrat, 1871
Synonyms
  • Americoliva circinata (Marrat, 1871)
  • Oliva (Americoliva) circinata Marrat, 1871· accepted, alternate representation
Subspecies
  • Oliva circinata circinata Marrat, 1871
  • Oliva circinata jorioi Petuch, 2013
  • Oliva circinata tostesi Petuch, 1987

Description

edit

The length of the shell varies between 40 mm and 60 mm.

Distribution

edit

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off North and East Brazil.

References

edit
  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Oliva circinata Marrat, 1871. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420122 on 2021-11-02
  • Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
edit