Oliva hilli
| Oliva hilli | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Olividae |
| Genus: | Oliva |
| Species: | O. hilli
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| Binomial name | |
| Oliva hilli Petuch & Sargent, 1986[1]
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Oliva hilli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.[2]
Description
[edit]Shell size 10-15 mm, generally: the holotype is 16 mm. long.
Distribution
[edit]Locus typicus: Neiafu, Vava'u Islands, Tonga.
Pacific Ocean: Tonga and New Caledonia, from depths 2 metres - 80 metres.
References
[edit]- ^ Petuch E.J. & Sargent D.M. (1986). Atlas of the living olive shells of the world. xv + 253 pp., 39 pls.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
- ^ Oliva hilli Petuch & Sargent, 1986. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.