Oliva scripta

Oliva scripta, common name the Caribbean olive, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.

Oliva scripta
Shell of Oliva scripta (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Olividae
Genus:	Oliva
Species:	O. scripta
Binomial name
Oliva scripta Lamarck, 1811
Synonyms
Oliva (Cariboliva) scripta Lamarck, 1811 accepted, alternate representation Oliva caribaeensis Dall & Simpson, 1901 Oliva scripta scripta Lamarck, 1811 Oliva scripta venezuelana Petuch & Sargent, 1986 Oliva trujilloi Clench, 1938

Description

The length of the shell varies between 25 mm and 60 mm

Distribution

Trawled by shrimpers working tropical Western Atlantic continental shelf areas.
Also known from traps set at depths of 120 metres, offshore West coast Barbados, Lesser Antilles.

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico; off Colombia and Brazil.

References

• Petuch E.J. & Sargent D.M. (1986). Atlas of the living olive shells of the world. xv + 253 pp., 39 pls.
• 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.

External links

• Lamarck (J.B.M.de). (1811). Suite de la détermination des espèces de Mollusques testacés. Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. 16: 300-328