Oliva scripta
Species of gastropod
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Oliva scripta, commonly named the Caribbean olive, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.[1]
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| Oliva scripta | |
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| Shell of Oliva scripta (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Olividae |
| Genus: | Oliva |
| Species: | O. scripta |
| Binomial name | |
| Oliva scripta Lamarck, 1811 | |
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Description
The length of the shell varies between 25 mm and 60 mm.
Distribution
Trawled by shrimpers working tropical Western Atlantic continental shelf areas. Also known from traps set at depths of 120 metres, offshore West coast Barbados, Lesser Antilles.
This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico; off Colombia and Brazil.
