Oliva polpasta explained

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

Subspecies:

• Oliva polpasta polpasta Duclos, 1833
• Oliva polpasta radix Petuch & Sargent, 1986

Description

The length of the shell varies between 19 mm and 50 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Gulf of California to Peru.

References

• Vervaet F.L.J. (2018). The living Olividae species as described by Pierre-Louis Duclos. Vita Malacologica. 17: 1–111

External links

• Duclos P.L. (1833). Olive polpasta. Oliva polpasta. Magasin de Zoologie. 3(5): pl. 20
• Duclos, P. L. (1835–1840). Histoire naturelle générale et particulière de tous les genres de coquilles univalves marines a l'état vivant et fossile publiée par monographie. Genre Olive. Paris: Institut de France. 33 plates: pls 1–pls 1 [1835], pls 13–pls 13
• Syntype at MNHN, Paris

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Oliva polpasta Duclos, 1833. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=448141 on 2021-11-02