| Oliva ponderosa | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Olividae |
| Genus: | Oliva |
| Species: | O. ponderosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Oliva ponderosa Duclos, 1840[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Oliva (Miniaceoliva) ponderosa Duclos, 1840 | |
Oliva ponderosa, common name the ponderous olive, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.[2]
Description
The length of the shell varies between 45 mm and 73 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Maldives, Mauritius and South India.
References
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- ↑ Duclos, P.L. (1840) Histoire Naturelle Génerale et Particuliere de Tous les Genres de Coquilles Univalves Marines a l’état Vivant et Fossile, Publiée par Monographies, Genre Columbella. Didot, Paris, 1 p., 13 pls.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
- ↑ Oliva ponderosa Duclos, 1840. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
- Vervaet F.L.J. (2018). The living Olividae species as described by Pierre-Louis Duclos. Vita Malacologica. 17: 1-111
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