Oliva athenia

Oliva athenia is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.[2]

Oliva athenia
Shell of Oliva athenia (paralectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Olivoidea
Family:
Olividae
Genus:
Oliva
Species:
O. athenia
Binomial name
Oliva athenia
Duclos, 1840[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the China seas.

References
  1. 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.
  2. Oliva athenia 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
  • Tursch, B. & Greifeneder, D., 2001 - Oliva shells. The genus Oliva and the species problem, p. 569 pp


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