Lettered olive

Lettered olive
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Olividae
Genus: Oliva
Species:
O. sayana
Binomial name
Oliva sayana
Ravenel, 1834
Synonyms
  • Oliva citrina C. W. Johnson, 1911
  • Oliva contoyensis Petuch, 1988
  • Oliva litterata Lamarck, 1811
  • Oliva maya Petuch & Sargent, 1986
  • Oliva sayana Ravenel, 1834
  • Strephona litterata (Lamarck, 1811)

The lettered olive, Oliva sayana, is a species of large predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Olividae, the olive shells, olive snails, or olives.

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