Oliva vidua | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Olividae |
Genus: | Oliva |
Species: | O. vidua
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Binomial name | |
Oliva vidua (Röding, 1798)
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Synonyms [2] | |
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Oliva vidua, common name the black olive, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives. [2]
The length of the shell varies between 28 mm and 70 mm.
This species was responsible for five fatal cases of neurotoxic food poisoning in Sabah, Malaysia. [3]
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Oliva vidua is endemic to the tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean, [4] occurring in the Mascarene Basin, the Bay of Bengal, the Philippines, Indonesia, Australia and New Guinea.
Oliva vidua | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Olividae |
Genus: | Oliva |
Species: | O. vidua
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Binomial name | |
Oliva vidua (Röding, 1798)
[1]
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Synonyms [2] | |
|
Oliva vidua, common name the black olive, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives. [2]
The length of the shell varies between 28 mm and 70 mm.
This species was responsible for five fatal cases of neurotoxic food poisoning in Sabah, Malaysia. [3]
This section needs expansion. You can help by
adding to it. (November 2012) |
Oliva vidua is endemic to the tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean, [4] occurring in the Mascarene Basin, the Bay of Bengal, the Philippines, Indonesia, Australia and New Guinea.