Oliva australis (also known as the Southern olive or Olive shell) is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.
Subspecies Oliva australis australis Duclos, 1835 Oliva australis pallescens Petuch & Sargent, 1986
Description This species has a shiny pale elongated shell that is usually decorated by purple zigzag longitudinal lines and altering brown and white markings around the top of the whorls. They can be 3 centimeters in length.
Distribution This marine species was found in the Atlantic Ocean off the islands Saint Pierre and Miquelon.
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. (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 1-12