Oliva sericea   Roeding,  1798 (Sea Snail)
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Taxonomy
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order:Neogastropoda
Family:Olividae

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Description
Size: 70 mm in height

Color: Surface ornamented with three dark coloured bands on creamy white background; two broad, blackish- brown spiral zones.

Shell moderately large, spire very low with pointed apex, suture narrow and deeply channeled with a raised callous projection, anterior end of columella calloused; aperture narrow; outer lip extends posteriorly to level with the shoulder of the body whorl; columella with plicae.

Synonym (s)
• Oliva testilina Lamarck, 1899
• Porphyria sericea Roeding, 1798
Common Name (s)
• Orange Mouth Olive
Economic Importance and Threats
Ecology
Biogeography


• Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andamans INDIA
• Andhra Pradesh 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
  • Society for the Management of European Biodiversity Data (2009) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Available at - http://www.marinespecies.org
Page last updated on:2010-07-20

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