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Oliva
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Oliva

Oliva is a genus of medium-sized to large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Olividae, the olive snails or olive shells.

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60 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Lettered Olive

speciesOliva sayana

Oliva oliva

speciesOliva oliva

Netted Olive

speciesOliva reticularis

Oliva australis

speciesOliva australis

Oliva undatella

speciesOliva undatella

Oliva mustelina

speciesOliva mustelina

Swollen Olive

speciesOliva bulbosa

veined olive

speciesOliva spicata

Oliva polpasta

speciesOliva polpasta

angled olive

speciesOliva incrassata

Oliva amethystina

speciesOliva amethystina

Red-mouthed Olive

speciesOliva miniacea

carnelian olive

speciesOliva carneola

Oliva ornata

speciesOliva ornata

Oliva reticulata

speciesOliva reticulata

Oliva truncata

speciesOliva truncata

Oliva westralis

speciesOliva westralis

Oliva tigridella

speciesOliva tigridella

Oliva brettinghami

speciesOliva brettinghami

Oliva circinata

speciesOliva circinata

Oliva irisans

speciesOliva irisans

Oliva ozodona

speciesOliva ozodona

Black Olive

speciesOliva vidua

Tent Olive

speciesOliva porphyria

purple-mouth olive

speciesOliva caerulea

Oliva concavospira

speciesOliva concavospira

tiger olive

speciesOliva tigrina

Oliva efasciata

speciesOliva efasciata

Juliet's olive

speciesOliva julieta

Oliva scripta

speciesOliva scripta

Oliva todosina

speciesOliva todosina

silk-clad olive

speciesOliva panniculata

Oliva elegans

speciesOliva elegans

fusiform olive

speciesOliva fulgurator

Oliva keenii

speciesOliva keenii

Oliva bifasciata

speciesOliva bifasciata

orange-mouth olive

speciesOliva sericea

Oliva tremulina

speciesOliva tremulina

Oliva lecoquiana

speciesOliva lecoquiana

Oliva bulbiformis

speciesOliva bulbiformis

Oliva mantichora

speciesOliva mantichora

tessellate olive

speciesOliva guttata

Oliva caroliniana

speciesOliva caroliniana

Oliva tricolor

speciesOliva tricolor

Oliva multiplicata

speciesOliva multiplicata

Oliva ponderosa

speciesOliva ponderosa

Oliva parkinsoni

speciesOliva parkinsoni

Oliva richerti

speciesOliva richerti

Oliva pindarina

speciesOliva pindarina

Oliva tisiphona

speciesOliva tisiphona

Oliva chrysoplecta

speciesOliva chrysoplecta

Oliva macleaya

speciesOliva macleaya

Oliva atalina

speciesOliva atalina

Oliva rufula

speciesOliva rufula

Oliva nivosa

speciesOliva nivosa

Oliva vicweei

speciesOliva vicweei

Oliva flammeacolor

speciesOliva flammeacolor

Oliva jaspidea

speciesOliva jaspidea

flame olive

speciesOliva flammulata

Ringed Olive

speciesOliva annulata

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 208734.