Oliva atalina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.

Description Shell size 40-45 mm.

Distribution Indian Ocean: endemic to Mauritius, and in the seas around China and Japan.

References

Sargent D.M. & Petuch E.J. (2012) A new species of Oliva (Gastropoda: Olividae) from Mauritius, Mascarene Islands. Visaya 3(5): 4–10. 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