Oliva reticularis, common name the netted olive, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, Olivinae (Subfamily), the olives.
Subspecies Oliva reticularis lilacea (Paulmier, 2013) Oliva reticularis reticularis Lamarck, 1811 Oliva reticularis greenwayae Clench, 1937 (taxon inquirendum) Oliva reticularis ernesti Petuch, 1990: synonym of Oliva reticularis Lamarck, 1811 Oliva reticularis olorinella Duclos, 1835: synonym of Oliva oliva (Linnaeus, 1758)
Description The length of the shell varies between 25 mm and 46 mm. The species was originally described by Lamarck in 1811 in Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, volume 16, pages 300–328, at page 314 (species 16). Distribution This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and in the Atlantic Ocean off the Bermudas and northern Brazil.
References
Petuch E.J. & Sargent D.M. (1986). Atlas of the living olive shells of the world. xv + 253 pp., 39 pls. page(s): Page 129, Plate 22, fig 5-7 Petuch, E. J.; Myers, R. F. (2014). New species and subspecies of olive shells (Gastropoda: Olividae) from the Panamic and Indo-Pacific regions and the Gulf of Mexico. The Festivus. 46(3): 63-74
External links
Lamarck [J.B.M.de]. (1811). Suite de la détermination des espèces de Mollusques testacés. Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. 16: 300-328 Gastropods.com: Oliva (Strephona) reticularis Petuch E.J. (1990). A new molluscan faunule from the Caribbean coast of Panama. The Nautilus. 104(2): 57-71