Oliva (Miniaceoliva) miniacea
(Roding,
1798) (Sea Snail)
Organism information awaits expert curation
Image copyrights: Eddie Hardy
Organism information awaits expert curation
| Taxonomy | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Olividae |
Image copyrights: Eddie Hardy
Description
Size: 8 cm.
Color: Creamy-white with wavy axial lines of orange and blue-green or blue-grey, and two purplish spiral bands, spire whorls and fasciole with crowded purplish lines, interior deep orange, columella cream.
Fasciole raised, with a sharp posterior edge, columellar callus reaching at least 2/3 of the way to the posterior end of the aperture, lirate along its whole length, anteriorly with three high, angulate spiral folds.
Size: 8 cm.
Color: Creamy-white with wavy axial lines of orange and blue-green or blue-grey, and two purplish spiral bands, spire whorls and fasciole with crowded purplish lines, interior deep orange, columella cream.
Fasciole raised, with a sharp posterior edge, columellar callus reaching at least 2/3 of the way to the posterior end of the aperture, lirate along its whole length, anteriorly with three high, angulate spiral folds.
Synonym (s)
• Porphyria miniacea Roeding, 1798
• Porphyria miniacea Roeding, 1798
Common Name (s)
• Red Mouth Oliva
• Red Mouth Oliva
Economic Importance and Threats
Ecology
Biogeography
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andaman (Lat: 10) (Long: 93) INDIA
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Nicobar Islands (Lat: 7) (Long: 93) INDIA
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andaman (Lat: 10) (Long: 93) INDIA
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Nicobar Islands (Lat: 7) (Long: 93) INDIA
Literature Source(s)
- Subba Rao, NV (2003) Indian seashells Records of the Zoological Survey of India ZSI, Kolkata (Part 1) 416 pp Available at - NCL, Pune
- Tikadar, BK; Daniel, A and Subbarao, NV (1986) Sea shore animals of Andaman and Nicobar Islands The Director, ZSI, Kolkatta 188 Available at - ZSI, Pune
- Subba Rao, NV and Dey, A (2000) Catalogue of marine molluscs of Andaman and Nicobar Islands Occasional paper no 187 Records of the Zoological Survey of India ZSI 1-323 Available at - NCL, Pune
- OBIS Indo-Pacific molluscan database Available at - http://clade.ansp.org/obis/find_mollusk.html
- Society for the Management of European Biodiversity Data (2009) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Available at - http://www.marinespecies.org
- Wilson, B; Wilson, C and Baker, P (1994) Australian marine shells 2 1-370 Available at - NIO, Goa
- Eddie, H Hardy's internet guide to marine gastropods Available at - http://www.gastropods.com/
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