Oliva ozodona explained

Oliva ozodona is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.^[1]

Subspecies:

• Oliva ozodona nellyae T. Cossignani, 2017
• Oliva ozodona nitidula Duclos, 1835
• Oliva ozodona ozodona Duclos, 1835
• Oliva ozodona sandwicensis Pease, 1860

Distribution

This marine species occurs off French Guiana and in Melanesia to the Philippines

References

• Petuch E.J. & Sargent D.M. (1986). Atlas of the living olive shells of the world. xv + 253 pp., 39 pls
• Paulmier G., 2014. La famille des Olividae Latreille, 1825 (Neogastropoda). Le genre Oliva Bruguière, 1789, aux Antilles et en Guyane françaises. Description de Oliva lilacea nov. sp. Bulletin de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux 41(4) "2013": 437-454, sér. 148, nouvelle série
• Vervaet F.L.J. (2018). The living Olividae species as described by Pierre-Louis Duclos. Vita Malacologica. 17: 1-111

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Oliva ozodona Duclos, 1835. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=999689 on 2021-10-31