Oliva sidelia, common name the pretty olive, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives or olive snails.
Description
The length of the shell varies between 14 mm and 23 mm. Distribution This marine species occurs in the Bay of Bengal; off Philippines, New Guinea and Fiji.
References
Kilburn, R.N. (1980). The genus Oliva (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Olividae) in southern Africa and Mozambique. Annals of the Natal Museum. 24(1): 221–231. page(s): 224.; note: Material discussed - Oliva todosina Vervaet F.L.J. (2018). The living Olividae species as described by Pierre-Louis Duclos. Vita Malacologica. 17: 1-111
External links
Marrat, F. P. 1867. On some new species of Oliva, and a new Trivia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (3)20: 213-215 MNHN, Paris: syntype