Oliva athenia
| Oliva athenia | |
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| Shell of Oliva athenia (paralectotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Olividae |
| Genus: | Oliva |
| Species: | O. athenia
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| Binomial name | |
| Oliva athenia Duclos, 1840[1]
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Oliva athenia is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.[2]It was first described by Pierre-Louis Duclos in 1840 and is currently recognized in the World Register of Marine Species as a valid species.[3]Like other members of the family Olividae, it is characterized by a smooth, glossy, elongated shell and a burrowing predatory lifestyle in sandy marine habitats.[4]
Distribution
This species occurs in the China seas.
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 athenia Duclos, 1840. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Oliva athenia Duclos, 1840". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
- ^ "Family Details for Cylisticidae -". www.sealifebase.ca. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
- 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