Oliva sericea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Olividae |
Genus: | Oliva |
Species: | O. sericea
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Binomial name | |
Oliva sericea (Röding, 1798)[1]
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Oliva sericea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.[2]
The length of the shell varies between 55 mm and 112 mm.
This marine species occurs in the Eastern Indian Ocean; off Indonesia and the Philippines; off Ryukyu Islands, Japan and off Polynesia.